While the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) sets national guidelines for road signs, signals, and markings, individual U.S. states adopt and interpret the MUTCD in different ways. This flexibility allows states to tailor traffic control devices to local needs while maintaining general consistency across the country.
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Philadelphia Legislation to Restrict the Use of Ski Masks in Public
In a move aimed at enhancing public safety, the city of Philadelphia has introduced a new legislative proposal to prohibit the wearing of ski masks in public spaces. The initiative seeks to address concerns regarding potential misuse and criminal activities associated with concealing one's identity in public areas.
PennDOT Automated Work Zone Speed-Enforcement Cameras
PennDOT says cameras set up in construction zones are slowing some drivers down — but not all.
The Automated Work Zone speed-enforcement cameras were deployed by PennDOT back in March, just as work crews began ramping up highway construction work.
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"We have issued over 60,000 notices of violations, and that is during 583 deployments on Pennsylvania highways," Robyn Briggs, a PennDOT community relations coordinator, said.
Briggs says there were thousands of drivers who also were tagged with a $75 fine for speeding in the zones.
Briggs says that number includes thousands of first-time courtesy notice warnings sent to drivers whose license plates were captured by the roving camera assemblies in the construction zones across the state.
See our map of the fixed red light camera and speed camera locations in Pennsylvania.