PRINTER'S NO. 670
No. 601 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY LEHR, M. E. MILLER JR., REED, SCHMITT AND RITTER,
FEBRUARY 26, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 3, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," authorizing certain police to
6 determine the rate of speed by radar.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Clause (1) of subsection (d.1) of section 1002,
10 act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as "The Vehicle
11 Code," added April 28, 1961 (P.L.108, No.48), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 1002. Restrictions as to Speed.--
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15 (d.1) (1) The rate of speed of any vehicle may be timed on
16 any State highway, including the Pennsylvania Turnpike System by
17 a member of a police department comprised of thirty (30) or more
18 officers in a city of the third class, by officers of the
19 Pennsylvania State Police through the use of radiomicrowaves,
20 commonly referred to as electronic speed meters or radar.
1 No conviction shall be had upon evidence obtained through the
2 use of radar apparatus unless--
3 (i) it is of a type approved by the secretary, and
4 (ii) it has been calibrated and tested for accuracy and
5 found accurate or adjusted for accuracy within a period of
6 thirty days prior to the alleged violation, and
7 (iii) official warning signs have been erected on the
8 highway by the proper authority indicating that radar is in
9 operation;
10 (iv) the speed recorded is six or more miles per hour in
11 excess of the legal speed limit.
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13 Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of this
14 section shall, upon summary conviction before a magistrate, be
15 sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) and costs of
16 prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall
17 undergo imprisonment for not more than five (5) days.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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