PennDOT, Police, Safety Partners Launch “Operation Safe Holiday” Campaign Across Southeast Pennsylvania

PennDOT, Police, Safety Partners Launch "Operation Safe Holiday" Campaign
Across Southeast Pennsylvania

11/21/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), state and local
police, Buckle Up PA, AAA Mid-Atlantic, and local safety partners held an
event
today at Temple University's Ambler Campus in Montgomery County to outline
regional enforcement efforts during the "Operation Safe Holiday"
mobilization
and to encourage safe driving through the holiday season.

Police discussed the use of sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and
regular
traffic safety patrols to target motorists who are driving while under the
influence of drugs or alcohol. Pennsylvania State Police and hundreds of
municipal police departments statewide will participate in the "Operation
Safe
Holiday" campaign this year to increase traffic safety enforcement through
the
New Year's holiday.

PennDOT data indicates that the winter holiday season continues to be the
leading time period for traffic crashes. In 2016, there were 8,608 crashes
and
79 fatalities statewide during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year
travel
periods. Of those, 1,072 crashes and 27 fatalities were impaired-driving
related.

PennDOT encourages motorists to always plan ahead by either designating a
sober
driver or arranging for alternate transportation.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including

color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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 850
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.

Follow Local PennDOT Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly.


To learn more about PennDOT's efforts to prevent impaired driving or other
safety initiatives, visit www.penndot.gov/safety.

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