14 Chesco Police Departments Join Aggressive Driving Crackdown

Phoenixville PA

18 March, 2021

2:47 PM

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CHESTER COUNTY, PA — State police, along with more than 60 municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties will join a crackdown on aggressive drivers as road work season begins. In Chester County, 14 police departments are part of the mobilization that will target speeding drivers with a focus on work zones. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today joined the Pennsylvania State Police and municipal police departments to kick off a statewide aggressive-driving mobilization that runs through April 25. PennDOT said drivers whose road behavior appears unsafe — driving too fast for conditions, following too closely, or other aggressive actions — will be cited. Law enforcement 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. Municipal police agencies that participated in last year's campaign wrote 43,349 citations, including 22,353 for speeding, 1,003 for occupant protection violations, 3,077 for red light violations, and 126 impaired driving arrests. The enforcement is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project and is funded by part of the department's investment of federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). 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 initiatives, visit www.penndot.gov/safety. Police departments in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties will participate in the current aggressive-driving mobilization. Those departments participating are: Chester County: Caln TownshipDowningtown BoroughEast Coventry TownshipEasttown TownshipNorth Coventry TownshipSouthern Chester County RegionalTredyffrin TownshipUpper Uwchlan TownshipUwchlan TownshipWest Brandywine TownshipWest Chester BoroughWesttown-East GoshenWest Whiteland TownshipWillistown Township Bucks County: Bedminster TownshipBristol TownshipBuckingham TownshipHilltown TownshipLower Southampton TownshipMiddletown TownshipNewtown BoroughNorthampton TownshipPenndel BoroughPlumstead TownshipQuakertown BoroughRichland TownshipSolebury TownshipWarrington TownshipWarwick TownshipYardley Borough Delaware County: Aston TownshipChester CityGlenolden BoroughHaverford TownshipMarple TownshipLansdowne BoroughNewtown TownshipRadnor TownshipSpringfield TownshipUpland BoroughUpper Darby TownshipUpper Providence TownshipYeadon Borough Montgomery County: Abington TownshipCheltenham TownshipConshohocken BoroughDouglas TownshipFranconia TownshipHatfield TownshipLimerick TownshipLower Merion TownshipLower Moreland TownshipLower Providence TownshipMontgomery TownshipNew Hanover TownshipNorristown BoroughPlymouth TownshipPottstown BoroughRoyersford BoroughUpper Dublin TownshipUpper Merion TownshipUpper Moreland TownshipUpper Pottsgrove TownshipUpper Providence TownshipWest Conshohocken BoroughWest Norriton TownshipWest Pottsgrove TownshipWhitemarsh TownshipWhitpain TownshipTowamencin TownshipUpper Merion Township Philadelphia County is also part of the targeted enforcement area. Make sure you know what's happening in your town. Sign up to get Patch emails and don't miss any local news: https://patch.com/subscribe