Rule 12 - Companion Cases(a) Docketing and Association. A traffic infraction that involves an accident resulting in personal injury or property damage and that is committed in the same course of conduct as a criminal offense for which the defendant is arrested or charged shall be docketed as a civil infraction, but shall be associated with the separately docketed criminal offense. If a civil infraction hearing is requested, it shall be heard at trial with the criminal offense under the Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure.(b) Procedure. At the trial of the associated cases, the Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure shall apply, except that, if the defendant fails to appear, default judgment shall be entered on the civil infraction and the criminal offense shall be disposed separately in accordance with the Hawai'i Rules of Penal Procedure; and provided the defendant may admit and pay the civil infraction prior to trial. Amended December 8, 2005, effective 1/1/2006.