Joel Reed, 39, killed when his scooter is struck by car at North Atherton Street and Park Avenue in State College, Pennsylvania

I knew Joel Reed since he was a kid and their family for over 30+ years... I'm saddened for this tragedy that ended this life of Joel. He was a great guy and I'm thankful for the times we had together. Please pray for his family that the comfort and peace that only Jesus can give will carry them through these most difficult times...

NJ just banned the cameras PA wants more of a few months ago. Maybe we should follow suit? It was reported TWICE in the Philly Inquirer that crashes went UP in the city at red-light camera intersections. How was this missed? How can the officials deny this, when it was in black and white? Unreal! Anyone who cannot see this is revenue driven must have blinders on. All this is a gimmick of poor traffic engineering and predatory enforcement. It has to be setup to ticket safe drivers. Who cares if they have to pay or crashes go up? Who cares if the wrong guy is even cited? Who cares if the ticket has an erroneous reading? So when the light is too short, people are cited a split-second after it changes, for stopping over the stop line, or a non-complete stop for a right-on-red turn, who can defend this setup? All you need are speed limits set to the 85th percentile free-flowing traffic speed, longer yellows, decent length all-red intervals, and sensors to keep an all-red in someone enters late. No crashes! Can also sync lights and use sensors to change them and know where cars are. Add to this the speed cameras where the limits are too low, as well as tickets just barely over the limit. Heck, a guy in Baltimore was going 57 mph, while SITTING at a light! There were so many errors there that Baltimore scrapped the speed camera program. Low speed limits=more crashes, see the Solomon Curve. Then we have the stop-arm cameras, but wait, school buses are the ones running kids over per governmental data, not other cars. Why can't PA use the stop-arm extenders that block the oncoming lane? But wait, then throw in municipal police radar, so we can cite people for breaking the absurdly low speed limits. Check out the National Motorists Association for unbiased driving info.