Commonwealth v. Sanders

THOMSON, P.J.,

Defendant has appealed a summary motor vehicle conviction for speeding. Defendant seeks to have ruled inadmissible the results of a VASCAR speed timing test which clocked defendant’s tractor-trailer at 44 mph in a posted 25 mph zone on the night of January 14, 1983. Defendant concedes that this VASCAR system had been tested and certified but contends that its use in this case violates 75 C.S.A. §§6109b and 6109c because the local borough had failed to pass an ordinance expressly authorizing the use of the VASCAR system and to post warning signs that the speed limit could be…