Pileggi: Indictment shows Traffic Court has no reason to exist

The Republican floor leader of the state Senate, Dominic Pileggi of Delaware County, said the Traffic Court indictments boosted his resolve to pass legislation abolishing the court.

"They confirm my opinion that the Traffic Court is not an institution that has any reason to continue to exist," Pileggi told reporters in a conference call. "They accelerate the urgency of enacting the reforms that I proposed."

Since proposing the court's abolition three weeks ago, Pileggi said, he had yet to hear from a single state lawmaker or other public official defending the court.

"I would have expected at least a handful of people who would have tried to present some defense of the status quo," Pileggi said. "I'm pleased with that, because I think the status quo is indefensible."

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