The penalties for speeding in Hawaiii
The risk you take when you speed in Hawaii
Conclusion
The penalties for speeding in Hawaiii
Speeding in Hawaii is just as much of a serious moving violation as it is anywhere else. If you are caught you will pay, literally. Like many other states in the country, Hawaii has a general speeding definition as well what is known as an absolute limit. The general definition is that someone will be considered speeding when they are driving at a speed that is unreasonable and greater than what current conditions such as heavy traffic or inclement weather would call for.
The absolute limits are much easier to understand and are more precisely defined. Another phrase for these absolute limits is speed limit. So, this is the hard miles per hour limit that each road provides for anyone driving on them. Any time that you get a ticket for speeding, it will be because you violated the speed limit and your exact number of miles per hour over the limit will be specified and recorded on the ticket.
In Hawaii, the fines for speeding are typically two hundred dollars for a first offense, three hundred for a second offense, and five hundred for a third offense within a year. However, this is for speeding violations of about ten miles per hour. If you are caught “excessively speeding” the penalty will be considerably more severe. Depending on the circumstance of a ticket and how severe the offense was, your insurance rates can also increase.
Excessive speeding is when a driver is driving eighty or more miles per hour and/or driving thirty-five miles an hour above the posted speed limit. The penalties for excessive speeding in Hawaii include fines of five hundred to a thousand dollars, license suspension and possible community service or jail time. Each one of these penalties will be more severe with each repeat offense within a five-year period.
The risk you take when you speed in Hawaii
When you speed or excessively speed in Hawaii or anywhere else, you are taking a big risk for yourself, your passengers and other drivers out on the road. You are putting them and yourself at risk of getting into a very serve accident that can cause serious injury or death.
When you speed it will take you a longer distance to come to a complete stop, there is a higher potential for the loss of control of the vehicle, a higher potential for a rollover and more of a chance for a multi-car accident. In fact, over one quarter of all traffic related deaths were directly related to speeding in in the US in 2019.
Conclusion
Speeding in Hawaii can be extremely costly when it comes to getting caught. You will need to pay hundreds in fines, have your insurance rates increase, possibly get your license suspended and/or spend time in jail. If that is all that happens as a result of your speeding, consider yourself lucky. That is because speeding can easily lead to you causing an accident where you hurt or kill yourself, your passengers or someone else on the road. Whatever you do, keep your speed under the speed limit.
