Opinion ID: 2633330
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Heading: amended findings of fact

Text: . . . . 42. There have been some prior accidents at and on the section of highway near the Queen K[aahumanu] and Police Access Road intersection. These accidents involved cars traveling south and being rear-ended while stopped. 42A. On February 12, 1992, there was a similar accident located 281 feet North of Kealakehe Police Station. ... 42B. The February 12, 1992 accident gave the State reasonable prior notice of a prior occurrence under similar circumstances to the accident. 42C. The other rear-end collisions also gave the State reasonable notice of prior occurrences. 43. Accident history is not the only factor to be considered when contemplating whether or not to install a left-turn lane at an intersection. 44. In addition to accident history, the State also had notice of problems existing at the intersection of Queen K[aahumanu] Highway and the police station access road by means of its representatives attending meetings of the Kona Traffic Safety Committee. . . . . 46. Concerns with respect to the intersection were expressed to State officials by the Kona Traffic Safety Committee in 1995, 1996 and 1997. . . . . 48. After the Kona Traffic Safety Committee expressed its concerns and recommendations to the State officials nothing was done to correct problems with the intersection. 49. The dangerousness and defective condition of the intersection should have been known to the State based on the combination of the increase in traffic volume, the development of the area served by the police station access road, prior accidents and the queuing condition at the intersection. (Emphases added.) No findings were made with respect to the State's liability for economic damages.