Driver Alert!
Speed Trap Bill SB 251, arming municipal police with RADAR guns, should be VOTED DOWN. This law is not for safety, it is only to get money - YOUR money.
As long ago as 1979, a US television station showed viewers a RADAR gun clocking a palm tree at 85 mph and a house at 28 mph. In the first instance, the reading was caused by panning the radar antenna and in the second, the radar unit was measuring the fan motor in the patrol car. The TV report prompted a court case that brought RADAR errors national attention.
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A US state Department of Public Safety produced a comprehensive manual based on Federal tests. Here are the RADAR 'errors' detailed by the Department of Public Safety's manual:
1. Antenna Positioning Error
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2. Look-Past Error
3. Vehicle Interference Error
4. Cosine Error
5. Double-Bounce Error
6. Beam-Reflection error
7. Road-sign error
8. Radio-Interference Error
9. Fan-Interference error
Do you want a ticket from a highly error-prone RADAR gun? Speed Trap Bill SB 251 will generate speed traps all over Pennsylvania, unfairly ticketing safe drivers. Speed limits are posted too low, making every driver a “speeder,” a cash cow to be milked.
Tell the Legislature: VOTE NO on Speed Trap Bill SB 251. This IS an election year. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tom McCarey Member, National Motorists Association
The opinions expressed in this letter belong to the author and do not necessarily represent those of the NMA or the NMA Foundation
