[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
East Whiteland 12-15-1981 by Ord. No. 65-81. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 189.
The use of speed-timing devices as defined and set forth in the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto is hereby approved
in and for East Whiteland Township to aid in the enforcement of speed restrictions
applicable within the borders of the Township. The police officers of the
Township are hereby authorized and directed to use approved speed-timing devices
to aid in the enforcement of speed restrictions applicable within the borders
of East Whiteland Township.
All types of speed-timing devices permitted by the Pennsylvania Vehicle
Code and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, as the same may be amended
from time to time, are hereby approved for use by all Township police officers.
The speed-timing devices hereby approved include mechanical, electrical and
electronic devices as set forth in the Vehicle Code, provided that those devices
shall be of the type approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
as provided in the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81, Section 81; 75
Pa.C.S.A. § 3368 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
The speed-timing devices designated in § 167-2 hereof shall include by way of example, but need not be limited to, the devices set forth in Section 105.51 of Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code, including:
A.
"Electrical Speed Timing Systems" manufactured by Richard
Hageman;
B.
"Model TK-100, Excessive Speed Preventer" manufactured
by Systems Innovation, Inc.;
C.
"Speed Chek" manufactured by the Union Agency;
D.
Mechanical equipment as set forth in the reference section
of the Pennsylvania Code, including stop watches and "the speed machine" manufactured
by the Union Agency; and
E.
Electrical-mechanical equipment as set forth in Section
105.91 of Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code, including "Vascar-Plus" manufactured
by Traffic Safety Systems, Inc.
Legible signs giving public notice of the use of speed-timing devices
in East Whiteland Township may be posted at or near the public highways at
the boundaries of or within the Township.
