We are not cash cows driving 4 wheel ATMs

Dear Editor:

In a predictable move, the Senate Transportation Committee is entertaining another bill to unfairly tax motorists. SB 1098 authorizes stop-arm cameras for school buses to ticket all those maniacs who pass a stopped school bus!

Missing from the equation is any evidence that this is a crisis, let alone a problem:

According to the US Department of Transportation: No School Bus Passing Fatalities In 2015 http://thenewspaper.com/news/52/5275.asp
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data show no school kids were killed by passing motorists in the most recent year studied.
https://www.stnonline.com/news/wire-reports/item/8157-pennsylvania-school-bus-crashes-and-injuries-at-lowest-level-in-at-least-23-years-in-2015

So, once again, the special interests, the camera makers, have prevailed on our esteemed Senators to enact a law that is not needed or wanted. Follow the money: the camera makers donate to the Senators; the Senators perceive that there is huge money to be made from camera tickets - free money! - right when they need more money to fund their bloated and wasteful budget.

Put a stop to the Senators’ nonsense. Tell them you are not a cash cow driving a 4 wheel ATM. Tell them, in no uncertain terms in this election year, that they must VOTE NO on SB 1098.

Sincerely,
Tom McCarey Member, National Motorists Association
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