PRINTER'S NO. 62
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
71
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, FREEMAN, BARRAR, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG,
COHEN, BOBACK, D. MILLER, CAUSER, MULLERY, DEASY, STURLA,
DeLUCA, MURT, SCHWEYER, CARROLL, CONKLIN AND HICKERNELL,
JANUARY 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 21, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
for speed timing devices.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3368(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3368. Speed timing devices.
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(c) Mechanical, electrical and electronic devices
authorized.--
(1) [Except as otherwise provided in this section, the]
The rate of speed of any vehicle may be timed on any highway
by a police officer using a mechanical or electrical speed
timing device.
(2) [Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3),
electronic] Electronic devices such as radio-microwave
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devices (commonly referred to as electronic speed meters or
radar) may be used [only by members of the Pennsylvania State
Police] by any police officer.
(3) Electronic devices which calculate speed by
measuring elapsed time between measured road surface points
by using two sensors and devices which measure and calculate
the average speed of a vehicle between any two points may be
used by any police officer.
(4) No person may be convicted upon evidence obtained
through the use of devices authorized by paragraphs (2) and
(3) unless the speed recorded is six or more miles per hour
in excess of the legal speed limit. Furthermore, no person
may be convicted upon evidence obtained through the use of
devices authorized by paragraph (3) in an area where the
legal speed limit is less than 55 miles per hour if the speed
recorded is less than ten miles per hour in excess of the
legal speed limit. This paragraph shall not apply to evidence
obtained through the use of devices authorized by paragraph
(2) or (3) within a school zone or an active work zone.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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