House Bill 606, authorizing RADAR for municipal police in Pennsylvania, should be defeated.
Proof that RADAR for aggressive speed enforcement is unnecessary:
"The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today [May 18, 2020]
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that statewide highway fatalities reached a new low in 2019, dropping to
1,059, the lowest since record keeping began in 1928 and 131 less than
in 2018." https://www.connectradio.fm/2020/05/18/highway-fatalities-at-new-low-in-2019-in-pennsylvania/?winst=1590163913043&of=0
For more proof they add, "...long-term trends [for fatalities] continue
to decrease." All this has occurred without municipal police being able
to use RADAR for predatory, revenue raising speed enforcement.
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Responsible Legislators will not co-sponsor this enforcement-for-profit
bill. This bill removes all safeguards and is thus, totally about the
revenue. There is no mention of evaluating Pennsylvania's under-posted
speed limits in any way. HB 606 will turn 90% of our roads into speed
traps.
Since the trend is that highway fatalities are decreasing, arming
municipal police with RADAR guns at this time is a clear signal that
RADAR is a tool for raising revenue, not for safety. Arming municipal
police with RADAR at this time is evidence of an agenda to give
financial aid to commercial RADAR interests; to give financial aid to
municipal governments; and to give financial aid to the Commonwealth.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Member, National Motorists Association WWW.MOTORISTS.ORG