Opinion: Pa. Has Been Misinformed About 'Speeding'

The Pennsylvania legislature is considering legislation that is anti-safety and anti-driver, the Speed Trap Bill SB 607. This bill is part of the enforcement-for-profit-not-safety racket that has infected Harrisburg: their desire to give radar to municipal police (Page B6 of the Jan. 9, 2020, edition of the Herald).

Radar should be banned in Pennsylvania and not extended to municipal police. There is no epidemic crisis of speeding, only an epidemic crisis of highway engineering malpractice allowing well-meaning but misinformed politicians to seek more and more money from safe drivers.

Radar is...