Awareness in Paalakai Bakery, Waialua
AWARENESS: Military convoy drove through stop signs at Weed Circle, Hale'iwa, around 2:10 p.m. Reported by Anonymous "The purpose of this post is to bring awareness to other drivers about an ongoing dangerous driving situation which was witnessed today in the North Shore. This post is not intended to complain, shame or blame anyone. We have the utmost respect for the US armed services & US armed service men & women. While driving today in Waialua & Hale'iwa, the military convoys were driving in total disregard to the rules of the road and almost caused many accidents. While driving past Pa'alakai Bakery towards Weed Circle around 1:30pm today, the military convoy on the other side of the road coming out of weed circle veered completely into the oncoming traffic lane to swerve around a stalled vehicle. The drivers in front of us had to slam on their brakes and swerve completely off the road to avoid colliding with the military vehicles. The entire convoy forced its way into the oncoming traffic lane, even the vehicles still in weed circle who could clearly see there was oncoming traffic. Instead of following the rules of the road, staying in their lane & stopping, each military driver in the convoy made a conscious choice to drive their large vehicle into the oncoming traffic lane, risking lives & property. While leaving Hale'iwa town around 2:10pm driving up Kamehameha hwy past 7-11, we were in a line of cars driving towards Weed Circle. The front car in our line attempted to drive into the circle with right of way, however, the military convoy flew through the stop sign without even hitting the brakes. The front car in our line of driving cars had to swerve to avoid hitting the front convoy vehicle which failed to stop at the stop sign. Then, every military vehicle behind it also failed to stop at the stop sign, and just drove straight through it! The driver at the front of our line was simply following the rules of the road & almost died for it because none of the military vehicles stopped at the stop sign. The convoy continued down Waialua Beach road then turned towards the sugar mill. Again, every vehicle in the entire convoy drove straight through the stop signs at the sugar mill (see above photo, taken as PASSENGER, not driver). Many other drivers almost hit the military vehicles. As we all know, the rules of a multi-way stop is that you stop, wait for those who stopped before you to proceed through, then it is your turn to go. This convoy, however, did not stop at all, and other drivers had to swerve all over the place to avoid hitting them because they were not obeying the rules of the road. After passing the sugar mill, proceeding down Goodale, & driving on Farrington hwy, the convoy drove through the 25 mph speed zone at 25 mph, then once the speed limit became 45 mph, the convoy decided to slow down to 7 mph instead of driving the posted speed of 45 mph. It was really confusing after witnessing the convoy drive so aggressively, that they would then decide to drive at a fraction of the posted speed. They drove so slow through the 45 mph zone that it caused stop & go traffic for miles behind them, and for really no apparent reason since there was no traffic in front of the convoy. Question, does anyone know if military convoys are exempt from following the rules of the road? Are they not required to stop at stop signs? Are they allowed to veer into oncoming traffic forcing drivers off the road? Are people required to pull off the road if they are driving on the road, like if it was an emergency responder? Is there a rule that they are not required to follow posted speed signs or drive the minimum required miles per hour? Of anyone can shed some light in this from a legal perspective, I would be very curious to know. Mahalo The purpose of this post is to bring awareness to other drivers about an ongoing dangerous driving situation which was witnessed today in the North Shore. This post is not intended to complain, shame or blame anyone. We have the utmost respect for the US armed services & US armed service men & women." If you encounter this, contact HPD (Honolulu Police Department) at 911 non-emergency. Find this report at sshcrimefighter.com and search thousands more at sshsearch.com Stay safe out there! sshcrimefighter.com - sshsearch.com - sshreport.com - sshintel.com #hawaii #stolenstuffhawaii #traffic #military #driving