[Ansteorra] Travel Warning to Pennsic

[Morgan Cain (Ansteorra)]

Hi, y'all:

This just getting passed around from Atlantia - reminiscent of the recent discussion here that has it illegal to drive at night with just running lights (which I thought was something obvious, but I guess some people have really bright running lights); see the note in this report about taillights, which explains that law:

> > > > An important FYI for those of you travelling to Southern Region War
> > > > Camp this weekend or Pennsic War over the next several weeks.
> > > > Pennsylvania's new Work Zone Safety Law went into effect on June
> > > > 23,2003.  The new law creates additional requirements for highway
> > > > contractors and motorists that are designed to save lives
> > > > in highway
> > > > work zones.  New, strict penalties, including a 15-day driver's
> > > > license suspension will be imposed on motorists convicted
> > > > of driving dangerously in work zones.
> > > >
> > > > Key points of the new law include (from information available at
> > > > www.dot.state.pa.us and several PA newspaper reports):
> > > >
> > > > Motorists are required to travel with their headlights on in all
> > > > posted work zones (whether they are active or not).
> > > > Vehicles equiped
> > > > with daytime running lights must turn on their headlights
> > > > to activate their taillights.
> > > >
> > > > Active work zones will be designated as such to notify
> > > > motorists when
> > > > they enter and leave the work zone. A white flashing light
> > > > attached to
> > > > an "Active Work Zone When Flashing" sign indicates an active work
> > > > zone.  The flashing light will only be on when workers are
> > > > present and turned off when workers are not present.
> > > >
> > > > Interstate work zones with a project cost exceeding
> > > > $300,000 will have
> > > > a speed-monitoring device to alert motorists of their speed
> > > > prior to
> > > > entering the work zone.  (This is important for the points
> > > > discussed
> > > > below).  Additionally, while not noted in PennDOT's official Fact
> > > > Sheet on the new law, the law requires that a PA State
> > > > Trooper will be
> > > > present in active, "large" work zones.  Be assured that
> > > > these troopers will have additional speed-monitoring devices.
> > > >
> > > > Motorists caught driving 11 miles per hour or more above the posted
> > > > speed limit in an active work zone, or who are involved in
> > > > a crash in
> > > > an active work zone and are convicted for failing to drive
> > > > at a safe
> > > > speed, automatically will lose their license for 15 days.
> > > >
> > > > Details of the new law may be found at www.dot.state.pa.us.
> > > > Feel free
> > > > to re-post this to other lists.  My apologies to those on several
> > > > lists who will receive this message more than once.
> > > >
> > > > Dinsdale
> > > >
> > > > Baron Dinsdale of Northumbria
> > > > mka Tony Leshinskie

As he says, pass this along to people you know who are driving to Pennsic.  Many people are leaving later this week, so share the news quickly!

                                                ---= Morgan

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