Oppose Speed Trap Bill SB 607

*Note to journalists and media outlets: the stories on RADAR and speed enforcement are out of balance, and I offer to help. I can talk about the story topic, as well as other issues related to driving. Thank you.

To All Pennsylvania Drivers: Letter to the Editor:

By any measure of what is right, Speed Trap Bill SB 607, arming municipal police with RADAR guns, should be voted down.

RADAR is unreliable, RADAR can’t distinguish one vehicle from another, and is easily misused and often abused for revenue purposes. RADAR encourages policing for profit.

Despite 30 years of technological innovations, RADAR still suffers from the same reliability and performance issues that have made it unacceptable as evidence in a court of law. RADAR cannot meet the requirements of the Daubert test, the set of standards trial judges use to determine whether or not expert testimony is based on valid scientific reasoning and methodology.

Remember the RADARgate incident from years past when erroneous tickets went out routinely? https://www.motorists.org/blog...

Traffic laws need to be fairly written and reasonably enforced.

RADAR cheerleaders can use all the flowery language they want, saying that RADAR isn’t for the money and we will be protected from abuse, but it is well established in Pennsylvania that Speed Trap Bill SB 607 is for the express purpose to keep a stream of safe drivers’ cash flowing into government. Urban legend, emotion and good intentions seem to have become the principal determinants of government policy, rather than years of data produced by engineers and organizations who have no financial interest in predatory speed enforcement.

Tell your Representative to vote NO on Speed Trap Bill SB 607. Thank you.