State v. Reyes

This appeal is from a conviction, in a bench trial, of the offense of inattention to driving as defined in HRS § 291-12. The undisputed evidence showed that Appellant, intending to make a left turn from a two-lane highway into a gravel road, moved the vehicle he was driving from the right to the left lane, where it was struck from behind by a vehicle which was overtaking a line of three cars, of which Appellant’s was the lead car. The district judge, in an oral decision, found that Appellant had violated HRS § 291C-84, by not making a left turn signal at least 100 feet before the intended…