If it involves computers, mechanics, Enradd there's room for errors
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8-31 -2007
Enradd, a speed timing device, measures in mph that it takes a car to pass over two timing strips spaced five feet apart.
In order to give an accurate reading Enradd
1. Enradd must be installed by someone with certification validating their competency to do so..
2. An inspection must be done every 60 days at an approved station.
3. The inspection must include certification and calibration of all equipment including the timing strips of the Enradd device being checked.
4. A certificate from an approved station is required to show that the device was accurate.
5. Must be within 1 mph when compared with the oscilloscope/frequency counter
6. Accurate records must be kept to ensure that the inspection of the unit is kept up to date.
7. Enradd must be operated by an officer who has been trained to operate the Enradd unit correctly.
8. Should not be used within 500 ft.after a speed limit sign posts a decrease in speed.
Enradd can give faulty readings
By Improper installation,
By an inspection not done within 60 days of using Enradd
By improper use of the unit by the officer or officers.
By the unit being used within 500 ft. after a sign posts a decrease in speed.
By no certification from an approved station that the Enradd is accurate
Records of Enradd inspections not being kept up to date.
THE VEHICLE CODE (TITLE 75)
PART III. OPERATION OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 33. RULES OF THE ROAD IN GENERAL
Subchapter F - Speed Restrictions.
§ 3368. Speed timing devices.
(c) Mechanical, electrical and electronic devices authorized.--
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the rate of speed of any vehicle may be timed on any highway by a police officer using a mechanical or electrical speed timing device.
2. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), electronic devices such as radio-microwave devices (commonly referred to as electronic speed meters or radar) may be used only by members of the Pennsylvania State Police.
3. Electronic devices which calculate speed by measuring elapsed time between measured road surface points by using two sensors and devices which measure and calculate the average speed of a vehicle between any two points may be used by any police officer.
4. No person may be convicted upon evidence obtained through the use of devices authorized by paragraphs (2) and (3) unless the speed recorded is six or more miles per hour in excess of the legal speed limit. Furthermore, no person may be convicted upon evidence obtained through the use of devices authorized by paragraph (3) in an area where the legal speed limit is less than 55 miles per hour if the speed recorded is less than ten miles per hour in excess of the legal speed limit. This paragraph shall not apply to evidence obtained through the use of devices authorized by paragraph (3) within a school zone.
(d) Classification, approval and testing of mechanical, electrical and electronic devices.--The department may, by regulation, classify specific devices as being mechanical, electrical or electronic. All mechanical, electrical or electronic devices shall be of a type approved by the department, which shall appoint stations for calibrating and testing the devices and may prescribe regulations as to the manner in which calibrations and tests shall be made. The certification and calibration of electronic devices under subsection (c)(3) shall also include the certification and calibration of all equipment, timing strips and other devices which are actually used with the particular electronic device being certified and calibrated. The devices shall have been tested for accuracy within a period of 60 days prior to the alleged violation. A certificate from the station showing that the calibration and test were made within the required period, and that the device was accurate, shall be competent and prima facie evidence of those facts in every proceeding in which a violation of this title is charged.
(e) Distance requirements for use of mechanical, electrical and electronic devices.--Mechanical, electrical or electronic devices may not be used to time the rate of speed of vehicles within 500 feet after a speed limit sign indicating a decrease of speed. This limitation on the use of speed timing devices shall not apply to speed limit signs indicating school zones, bridge and elevated structure speed limits, hazardous grade speed limits and work zone speed limits.
[Webmaster note: Section 3366 provides that every citation or complaint for charges of violations of speed provisions in this subchapter shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the applicable speed limit.]
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Note: Read Title 75. more than once. Other explanations of how many ways Enradd can become inaccurate will then sound simple and will give you an idea of how Title 75 ties in with inaccuracies in Enradd readings.
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Hey There
8-31-07
