The state Senate passed two bills Wednesday that would eliminate the Philadelphia Traffic Court. The move comes just one day after two former judges of the court entered guilty pleas to ticket-fixing and less than two weeks after seven other judges also were charged by federal prosecutors with ticket-fixing.
The bills’ main sponsor, state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, said in comments submitted to the record that only Philadelphia has a separate court for traffic courts of the 67 counties in the state and that any reason for a separate court is long over.
