57 Police Departments Across Southeast Pennsylvania to Target Aggressive Drivers During Statewide Mobilization

57 Police Departments Across Southeast Pennsylvania to Target Aggressive
Drivers During Statewide Mobilization

11/1/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Police departments representing 57 municipalities across southeast
Pennsylvania
and Pennsylvania State Police will conduct aggressive-driving enforcement
activities as part of a statewide mobilization that runs through November
22,
the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced.

Municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery
counties will target motorists exhibiting aggressive-driving behaviors such
as
running red lights, speeding and tailgating. Motorists exhibiting other
unsafe
behaviors such as distracted driving, or violating Pennsylvania's School
Bus
Stopping Law will also be cited.

Participating agencies will use traffic enforcement zones, saturation
patrols,
speed enforcement details, corridor enforcement, work zone enforcement and
multi-jurisdictional patrol strategies to identify and cite aggressive
drivers.

Since the project was launched in 2006, nearly 600 roadways have been
targeted
with additional enforcement and education.

The enforcement is part of the Pennsylvania Aggressive Driving Enforcement
and
Education Project and is funded by part of PennDOT's investment of federal
funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

According to PennDOT data, there were 1,833 crashes and 26 fatalities in
Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in 2015, in which
aggressive-driving was a factor.

If you encounter an aggressive driver, PennDOT offers these tips:

•Get out of their way and don't challenge them;
•Stay relaxed, avoid eye contact and ignore rude gestures; and
•Don't block the passing lane if you are driving slower than most of the
traffic.

To learn more about aggressive-driving and other PennDOT safety initiative
visit www.penndot.gov/safety.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 770 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow Local PennDOT
Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
department on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

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