The need for speed cameras debunked

To the Times:

The safety argument for speed cameras has been debunked. Studies have shown speed camera areas having an increase in crashes or the cameras had no effect. In the UK, a substantial increase in crashes was seen due to panic braking.

Act 86 of 2018 puts speed cameras on interstates, the Turnpike, federal-aid highways, and gives the state police LIDAR guns. That part is not germane to speed cameras. The whole bill was modified excessively, too. These reasons may make the law invalid.

The bill does not require best-practice engineering and enforcement, and the issue of errors is not addressed. Maryland speed cameras produced many errors. There was an accuracy double check in a previous bill, but it was removed. Did PennDOT ever hear about using the zipper merge, night work, keeping multiple lanes open? Where is a requirement for 85th percentile speed limits? Do workers do unsafe things? Do rapid lane changes or slamming the brakes make sense for steer clear?

Ticket the actual driver and make the penalty community service, and see who wants cameras then. No more poor engineering and predatory ticketing either.

Also, the stop-arm cameras the state passed last year may not be legal. or cross the climate change point of no return.

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions surged 3.4 percent in

2018, The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climate Assessment reports clearly stated that time is quickly running out to preserve a livable planet. In order to assure human survival, we then must get to zero carbon emissions by

2045.

Fossil fuel related projects must be aborted, and energy subsidies must be directed toward clean energy projects as soon as possible. Converting fossil to clean energy will stimulate our economy, create jobs and improve our health. Why is Pennsylvania still promoting the dirty fossil industry that will eventually lead to our demise?