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Pennsylvania

Traffic non-enforcement

Fig. 1. Obviously, nowhere near Pittsburgh: “A Pennsylvania state trooper checks motorists’ speed using a radar gun.” Unattributed photograph credited only to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.^[1]

Jason Laughlin, “Speed cameras for Roosevelt Blvd. face hard road in Pa. legislature,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 25, 2018, https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/speed-cameras-roosevelt-boulevard-traffic-fatalities-legislative-approval-20180125.html

Anne Shannon, “Proposed legislation could make Pennsylvania last state to allow local police to use radar,” WGAL, February 14, 2020, https://www.wgal.com/article/proposed-legislation-could-make-pennsylvania-last-state-to-allow-local-police-to-use-radar/30799636

WCAU, “What You Should Know About Pa.’s Work Zone Speed Cams,” March 9, 2020, https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transportation-and-transit/penndot-work-zone-speed-cameras-enforcement/2314595/

Associated Press, “Senate OKs local police using radar for speed enforcement,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 23, 2021, https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/senate-oks-local-police-using-radar-for-speed-enforcement/

Thomas Fitzgerald, “PennDot is canceling tickets of drivers caught by speed cameras in Bucks work zone,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 3, 2022, https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/work-zone-us-speed-cameras-violations-penndot-bucks-route1-20220203.html

Thomas Fitzgerald, “Speeding tickets and crashes fell after enforcement cameras came to Roosevelt Blvd,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 10, 2022, https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/roosevelt-boulevard-speeding-enforcement-cameras-crashes-deaths-20220510.html

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Harrisburg, let cops have tools to enforce speed limit,” January 25, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2023/01/25/speed-limit-enforcement-radar-local-police-pennsylvania/stories/202301240114

Thomas Fitzgerald, “Cars with missing or covered plates are foiling speed cameras on Roosevelt Blvd.,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28, 2023, https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/roosevelt-boulevard-speed-camera-ticket-evasion-fake-license-plates-20230328.html

Peter Hall, “Traffic camera programs in Pa. are reducing fatalities and speeding, officials say,” Pennsylvania Capital-Star, September 18, 2023, https://www.penncapital-star.com/transportation-infrastructure/traffic-camera-programs-in-pa-are-reducing-fatalities-and-speeding-officials-say/

Ben Wasserstein, “You might not like it, but Pennsylvania might expand use of speed cameras,” WESA, November 30, 2023, https://www.wesa.fm/development-transportation/2023-11-30/pennsylvania-expand-use-speed-cameras

Megan Tomasic, “‘Unacceptable’: Pittsburgh Public sees over 9,000 school bus violations in six months,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 26, 2024, https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2024/01/25/pittsburgh-schools-bus-violations/stories/202401250116

1. ^[1]Associated Press, “Senate OKs local police using radar for speed enforcement,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 23, 2021, https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/senate-oks-local-police-using-radar-for-speed-enforcement/↩