Safer laws

Glad to see the editorial board critical of the new Move Over Law (April 30 editorial, “Move Over, Slow Down”). Forcing every vehicle to do rapid lane changes or immediately slow down to turtle speed is unsafe. The old law was fine.

Many people are also not going to know what emergency response areas or disabled vehicles are, according to the law. There are specific parameters that must be met to qualify for this law being applied. Not as simple as it seems. This law also throws together other things that are unrelated, which may not be allowed. It further adds super penalties for people who may make a mistake. While the bill sounds good, it clearly is not.

A bill like this is also very subjective and depends upon how the cop perceives a situation. Drivers may also not see a roadway scene until the last second, which makes this both unfair and possibly unsafe.

I am not sure why automated traffic enforcement was brought up, but we must get away from using it. These devices have created a variety of concerns and problems, and traffic safety is best left to real police, who can take care of bad driving immediately by pulling people over.

The state must get away from laws that punish drivers and work more on proper engineering, but there is no money in that. We do things backward, then wonder why problems occur. Proper speed limits, yellow light timings, and stop sign placement would mean more compliance, and nobody to ticket.

JAMES SIKORSKI JR. Wapwallopen, Pa. The writer is a Pennsylvania advocate for the National Motorists Association.