[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Osborne (now Glen Osborne) 1-15-1985 by Ord. No. 293. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 145.
The rate of speed of any vehicle may be timed on any street
or road within the Borough of Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania, by certified
officers of the Borough or its designated municipal police agency,
by using ESP machines or Vascar+, said officers to be certified only
after proper and authorized instruction and training in the use of
said equipment.
No conviction shall be had upon evidence obtained through the
use of ESP machines or Vascar+ unless:
A.
The apparatus is of a type approved by the Secretary of Transportation
of Pennsylvania.
B.
The apparatus has been calibrated and tested for accuracy and found
accurate or adjusted for accuracy within a period of no more than
60 days prior to the alleged violation.
C.
The apparatus is operated by officers who are certified in its use
after proper authorization, instruction and training.
[Amended 7-15-1997 by Ord. No. 341]
An official certificate from an inspection station approved
by the Secretary of Transportation of Pennsylvania for use by the
Pennsylvania State Police, showing that the calibration and tests
stipulated by the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pertaining
thereto were made within 60 days of the violation and that the ESP
machines or Vascar+ apparatus were accurate or were adjusted for accuracy,
shall be competent and prima facie evidence of the fact that such
certificate was issued by an official inspection station appointed
by the Secretary of Transportation of Pennsylvania and of the accuracy
of the ESP machines or Vascar+ apparatus in every proceeding where
an information is brought charging a violation of the speed regulations
applicable within the Borough of Glen Osborne, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
