James Sikorski, Jr.

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The recent municipal police radar story missed all the key points. In addition to it’s stated goal, there is moving radar for state police, seeming requirements to lower speed limits, change calibration rules, and other goodies. Nobody ever seeks to compel compliance with current federal and state policies which are to post speed limits at the 85th percentile speed of traffic. If speed limits are widely ignored, then perhaps the speed limits need to be raised? That would make roads much safer. Pennsylvania has already seen radar problems with Radargate years ago.

The story also contained an error, as the state police can already use LIDAR. Now, that was part of a past bill, and was unrelated to the topic, so that can be argued in my opinion.

Speed cameras are also a failure for the same reason. One location near Philly saw erroneous tickets for months, but nobody knew? So much for safeguards.

No new laws for speed enforcement and repeal automated enforcement of all types.