Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 67. TRANSPORTATION |
PART I. Department of Transportation |
Subpart A. Vehicle Code Provisions |
Article VI. Operation of Vehicles |
Chapter 105. Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Speed-Timing Devices |
SubChapter C. SPEEDOMETERS |
Section 105.33. Required equipment
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(a) Items. The following items of equipment are required for the operation of a speedometer testing station:
(1) Sufficient hand tools to make needed repairs or adjustments.
(2) A dynamometer of a type approved by the Department.
(3) A Speed-Master Quartz Speedometer Tester.
(4) A 650-H-1 Stewart-Warner Speedometer Calibrator.
(i) One flexible shaft 108 inches in length to reach from the calibrator to the vehicle transmission or speedometer head.
(ii) Two 12-inch flexible shafts to fit Chrysler speedometer.
(iii) One 12-inch flexible shaft to fit Ford speedometer.
(iv) One 12-inch flexible shaft to fit older speedometers with 5/8-18 male thread.
(v) One 757-AD Stewart-Warner strobetachometer, to be used with a fluorescent light using 60 cycle alternating current voltage.
(vi) One 312-12175y S. S. White-Mile-O-Meter revolution counter.
(b) Periodic testing of speedometer testing equipment. Periodic testing of equipment shall be conducted as follows:
(1) Interval. Speedometer testing equipment shall be tested and adjusted for accuracy at least once every 60 days.
(2) Forms. A form provided by the Department shall be completed by a certified speedometer inspection mechanic after each periodic test. The form shall be released to the State Police Inspection Station Supervisor or Department representatives, if verification of the test is necessary. A duplicate copy, executed and signed in the same manner as the original, has the same force and effect as the original.
The provisions of this § 105.33 adopted August 26, 1977, effective August 27, 1977, 7 Pa.B. 2422; amended June 23, 1978, effective June 24, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 1692; republished and compiled August 1, 1980, effective August 2, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3199; readopted December 4, 1987, effective December 5, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 5051; amended February 17, 1989, effective February 18, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 640. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (122754) to (122755).