A View From The Governor's Office
By Gov. Raymond P. Shafer
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For the second time in two I signed
yeais, this Administration has .
submitted a series of bills to the ' e ® ls l a t lon designed to cut the
General Assembly aimed at fui- death toll on Pennsylvania high
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wealth bieath tests for suspected
Despite the fact that last yeai drunken diivers • our high-
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landmark
law
into
way accident rate is still too
high.
In 1968, for example, 2,400
persons were killed in highway
accidents throughout the State,
and another 123,000 were injur
ed in a total of 250,000 report
ed accidents As a result of con
tinuing studies by my Highway
Safety Task Force, this week a
package of eleven bills to cut
that cainage were intioduced in
the House with bipaitisan sup
poit
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Some of these bills will per
mit changes in piocedmes, oi
authoiize collection of vital
opeiational data foi tutuie an
alysis It is impoitant to lealize
that implementation of this
pioposed legislation will pio
vido us with a base upon which
we can soon develop a moie ef
fective tiaffic safety piogiam
using readily available manage
ment techniques
Included, too, is a bill esta
blishing a single maximum
speed of 55 miles pei hour on
open highways and 35 miles per
hour in business and residen
tial districts, yet give the Secie
taiy of Highways and local
traffic officials the authonty to
make changes based on engi
neering studies of specific situa
tions
Previously, such changes weie
made by legislative action
and the result, especially in
smaller communities, was that
the motorist often has been
directed to stay within 40, 35 oi
25 miles an hour on different
portions of the same road
In addition, this bill also
would impose heavier fines for
speeding violations based on a
graduated schedule for the
more flagrant high-speed viola
tors instead of imposing the
ridiculously low $lO fine now
in effect.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 26,1969-
Other bills in the package forcemont in addition to ra
wou^: i c., air reconnaissance agai
Permit the Commissioner of j-eekless drivers and a n
State Police to test and utilize speed timing device which w;
new methods of speed law en- (Continued on Page 28)
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