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Northern York County Regional Police officer Jonathan Bailey conducts traffic stops in Manchester Township, York County. November 22, 2019.
Dan Gleiter / PennLive
Northern York County Regional Police officer Jonathan Bailey conducts traffic stops in Manchester Township, York County. November 22, 2019.
Dan Gleiter / PennLive
Dan Gleiter / PennLive
Northern York County Regional Police officer Jonathan Bailey conducts traffic stops in Manchester Township, York County. November 22, 2019.
Airdate: Friday, April 16, 2021
Pennsylvania is the only state in the country where municipal police departments can not by law use radar to enforce speed limits.
Local police utilize painted stripes on sections of roadways, stopwatches or have to calculate a vehicle’s speed to issue a speeding citation.
Pennsylvania State Police have been using radar for more than 50 years so it’s not new technology.
However, there’s legislation in Harrisburg that would allow municipal police to use radar with some caveats.
Objections to allowing local police to use radar include it will be used to generate revenue for local municipalities and that speed limits are already set too low. The proposed bill would limit revenue from speeding.
Republican Rep. Greg Rothman of Cumberland County is the prime sponsor of the radar bill and joins us on Friday’s Smart Talk.
Friday is National Healthcare Decisions Day. It is a time to consider end of life issues – specifically on ensuring people have established advance directives so families knows their loved-one’s preferences before they’re unable to speak for themselves.
Dr. Lauren Jody “L J” Van Scoy, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center says many people have never discussed or finalized directives, which leaves their families often not knowing what to do if a decision must be made about end-of-life care. She appears on Friday’s Smart Talk.
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