The enforcement wave will target Pennsylvania’s Move Over Law, school bus safety, speeding, and tailgating.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced this week that more than 80 municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties will join the Pennsylvania State Police in a coordinated aggressive driving enforcement wave. This collective effort, part of a statewide mobilization running through November 10, is aimed at reducing the number of crashes, injuries, and fatalities on our area roadways, ensuring your safety on the road.
The enforcement wave will target Pennsylvania’s Move Over Law, school bus safety, speeding, and tailgating. Motorists demonstrating unsafe behaviors, such as driving too fast for conditions or other aggressive actions, will also be cited.
Law enforcement will utilize strategies such as traffic enforcement zones, saturation patrols, speed enforcement details, corridor enforcement, work zone enforcement, and multi-jurisdictional patrol to identify and cite aggressive drivers.
The following police departments in our region in Bucks and Montgomery counties will participate in the current aggressive driving mobilization:
Bucks County:
Bedminster Township
Buckingham Township
Doylestown Township
Hilltown Township
Lower Southampton Township
New Britain Township
Pennridge Regional
Quakertown Borough
Richland Township
Solebury Township
Warrington Township
Warwick Township
Montgomery County:
Abington Township
Cheltenham Township
Collegeville Borough
Franconia Township
Hatfield Township
Jenkintown Borough
Limerick Township
Lower Gwynedd Township
Lower Providence Township
Lower Salford Township
Marlborough Township
Montgomery Township
Towamencin Township
Upper Dublin Township
Upper Gwynedd Township
Upper Providence Township
Whitpain Township
The enforcement is part of Pennsylvania's Highway Safety Program and is funded by part of PennDOT's investment of federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
If you encounter an aggressive driver, PennDOT offers these tips:
According to 2023 PennDOT crash data, there were 1,367 aggressive driving crashes, resulting in 39 fatalities and 104 suspected serious injuries in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Aggressive driving crashes involve at least two aggressive driving factors in the same crash. Factors include, but are not limited to, running stop signs or red lights, tailgating, careless turning or passing, and driving too fast for conditions.
The goal of targeted enforcement is to reduce the number of aggressive driving-related crashes, injuries, and deaths on roadways throughout the state. Any aggressive driver stopped by police will receive a ticket.
To learn more about aggressive driving and other PennDOT safety initiatives, visit www.PennDOT.pa.gov/safety.
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