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Presented by Mr. O'Connor
A Resolution conveying a sense of Council to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate requesting an amendment to the PA Statutes., Speed Timing Devices, to allow City of Pittsburgh police officers the right to utilize radio-microwave devices to provide effective traffic management and enforcement of posted speed limits.
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh, a city of the second class within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a major destination point for vehicular traffic in the western portion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and,
WHEREAS, vehicular traffic within the City of Pittsburgh has reached a point where the safety of the citizens of Pittsburgh has been compromised due to regular and consistent violation of posted speed limits on city streets; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh must at great cost - on a daily basis - devote a significant amount of its police resources to the management of vehicular traffic flow and enforcement of the vehicular code of the Commonwealth; and,
WHEREAS, due to a long standing and unsupportable prohibition by the Commonwealth against the city's use of radar as a speed enforcement tool, the City is severely limited in what it can do to effectively enforce posted speed limits on streets within its jurisdiction. Due to this prohibition, the City is forced to utilize more expensive and cumbersome technologies that are far and away more limited in its use and application.
Be It Resolved by the Council; of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Council of the City of Pittsburgh does respectfully convey to the city's state legislative delegation, for the above stated reasons, its request to have the Pennsylvania Statues at Title 75 - PART III. Operation of Vehicles, Chapter 33. Rules of the Road, Subchapter F - Speed Restrictions. ยง 3368(a)(2), Speed Timing Devices, amended to allow police officers of the City of Pittsburgh, a city of ...
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