Will anyone be safer with RADAR? No.

To All Pennsylvania Drivers:

Will anyone be safer with RADAR? No.

Will drivers be poorer with RADAR? Yes.

RADAR will enforce too low, i.e., unsafe, speed limits. RADAR will pick your pocket, not improve safety.
Government officials, not highway safety engineers, turn you into criminals by posting limits lower than the safe speeds you routinely drive. RADAR will catch you violating “the law,” then punish you for doing nothing unsafe and harming no one.

90% of the time posted limits are not the safest speeds because a minority of misinformed worrywarts and meddlers want everyone to SLOW DOWN. The “Safety” lobby repeats the urban legend that “Speed Kills!” and that everyone drives too fast. It simply is not true. 1.6% of accidents are caused by exceeding the posted limits showing that there is no speeding crisis in need of predatory RADAR enforcement.

This is because people drive a speed they feel safe. They are right. And they should not be ticketed for driving a safe speed if it is above the posted limit.

What is needed is a mass reposting of speed limits after studies have been done by highway safety engineers to determine the safest speeds. When was the last time your town did a legitimate speed study?

The 85th Percentile Speed is the speed at or below which 85 percent of all vehicles are observed to travel under free-flowing conditions past a monitored point. Traffic and Transportation Engineers use the 85th percentile speed as a guide to set the speed limit at a safe speed, minimizing crashes and promoting uniform traffic flow.

When limits are set at the 85th Percentile Speed roads are safer, and drivers are not unfairly ticketed.

And there is no need for RADAR. Tell your Representative to vote NO on Speed Trap Bill SB 607.