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Evanchick, Wilkes-Barre native, named as commissioner of PSP

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Their view: Gun restrictions handicap law-abiding citizens under the guise of making them safer

<p>If radar is not for raising money, why not set speed limits at the safest speeds?</p><p>What are the safest speeds and who should decide?</p><p>The safest speeds are the 85th percentile speeds (the speed at or below which 85% of people drive. It is the safest speed with the most compliance).</p><p>The safest speeds are determined by thorough speed studies conducted by professional highway engineers relying on decades of real-time field evidence of actual safe-driver behavior.</p><p>&#8220;Safety&#8221; dogma and urban legend constantly repeat the mantra that slower is safer. This is not true. A recent Penn State study of speed limits found that when limits are posted more than 5 mph below the 85th percentile speed, fatalities increase.</p><p>People will drive at a speed they feel safe, regardless of the posted limit. The posted limit is often set politically to make 50% or more of drivers law breakers, targets for tickets for the sole purpose of raising money.</p><p>The Pennsylvania Legislature should vote no on HB 1275 and SB 607, giving radar to municipal police, and should introduce legislation to post all speed limits in Pennsylvania at the 85th percentile speed for safer driving.</p><p>Until limits are 85th percentile speeds, radar will only be used to raise money, not for safety.</p><p>If you get your highway safety information from the radar lobby then you are misinformed.</p><p><strong>Tom McCarey</strong></p><p>Member, National Motorists Association</p><style>
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Your view: Radar being used to raise money, not increase safety