Question: I live in a high-rise with a parking garage, surrounded by other high-rises with parking garages. Under these conditions, noise reverberates. Somewhere there is a car alarm that goes off constantly, day and night, and blares and blares. I don’t think it’s in my building because I’ve walked the parking levels looking for it. I guess this is more a complaint than a question, but I am at my wit’s end. …
Answer: Complaints about noise from indeterminate sources are among the most common queries Kokua Line receives, and, as you acknowledge, are difficult to meaningfully address because the particulars are so vague.
Because you can’t pinpoint the location, there seems no easy way to alert the car’s owner to potential violations of state and city laws intended to keep motor vehicle alarms in check (Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-24.6 and Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 41-29.1-7, respectively).
One suggestion is to make sure that building managers in your neighborhood are aware of the laws, and that Honolulu police should be called to enforce them. Read the statutes at 808ne.ws/hrscaralarm and 808ne.ws/rohcaralarm and share the information.
Q: Where can I find out who won the neighborhood board election?
A: Results for the 2017 community elections are posted at 808ne.ws/naberesults, on the website of the city’s Neighborhood Commission Office.
Mahalo and Auwe
On Friday, I missed my bus home. But mahalo to the two local girls from Marynoll School who were going to the beach and kindly drove me to the bottom of my hill in Lanikai. I told them my name, but did not get theirs. Mahalo nui loa to them — and auwe to me for leaving my blue lanyard in the back seat of their car, possibly on the floor, when they let me out in Lanikai. The lanyard contained my bus pass, YMCA card, and other personal items. I am hoping they will read this, and when they find the lanyard, since they do not know how to contact me, what should they do? — Grateful Senior Citizen
(When Kokua Line followed up with you, you said that you had not heard from the good Samaritans and that the only identifying information on any of your lost items was your name, making it less likely that they would be able to track you down. Kokua Line hopes the young women who helped you will read this item, and call or email Kokua Line so that we may connect you. Our contact information is at the bottom of the column.)
Auwe
Commuting by bicycle to work in downtown Honolulu can be rough. We are required to be on narrow roads (city code prohibits riding a bicycle on a sidewalk in a business district) with motorists who are often in a big rush. This contentious relationship came to a head last week as I prepared to take a left-hand turn from a left lane. Auwe to the man in a brown SUV who yelled at me for being in the left lane. His actions did not just put other drivers and myself at risk as he paid more attention to yelling out his window than looking at the road. His actions also were ignorant of the law that allows a cyclist to occupy an entire left lane in preparing to make a left-hand turn. At the risk of sounding cliche, why can’t we all just get along? — Concerned Cyclist Commuter
Mahalo
I would like to thank the people who came to my aid on June 3 at 7:45 a.m. I was running and must have gotten heatstroke and fell on the sidewalk. Three men on bikes and a lady stopped to help me. The lady called my wife. They all stayed with me until my wife arrived. One of the men gave me his water, another man prayed and they all made me comfortable on the grass. It happened in front of Hampton Court in Mililani Mauka. Sorry I didn’t get your names but I am fine now. Thank you again. — Wayne
Write to Kokua Line at Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 210, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu 96813; call 529-4773; fax 529-4750; or email kokualine@staradvertiser.com.
