Springfield Police Department Joins Aggressive Driving Crackdown

SPRINGFIELD, PA – Springfield Township Police will be joining nine other Delaware County police departments, and nearly 60 in the greater Philadelphia area, in a statewide crackdown on aggressive driving, according to PennDOT.

The statewide initiative beings Thursday, July 6 and ends Aug. 26.

Fifty-eight municipalities in Delaware, Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties will be targeting motorists who show aggressive driving behaviors including running red lights, speeding, distracted driving, violating Pennsylvania’s School Bus Stopping Law, tailgating, and more, PennDOT said.

Drivers caught exhibiting those unsafe driving behaviors will be cited, PennDOT said.

To enforce the laws, police departments will use traffic enforcement zones, saturation patrols, speed enforcement details, corridor enforcement, work zone enforcement and multi-jurisdictional patrol strategies

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

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 1,475 crashes and 20 fatalities in 2016 in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in which aggressive-driving was a factor.

PennDOT says if you encounter an aggressive driver, you should:

• 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.

Below is a complete list of police departments partaking in the crackdown:

Delaware County:

• Aston Township
• Haverford Township
• Marple Township
• Newtown Township
• Radnor Township
• Ridley Township
• Upper Chichester Township
• Upper Darby Township
• Upper Providence Township

Montgomery County:

• Abington Township
• Cheltenham Township
• Douglass Township
• East Norriton Township
• Hatfield Township
• Horsham Township
• Limerick Township
• Lower Gwynedd Township
• Lower Merion Township
• Lower Moreland Township
• Lower Pottsgrove Township
• Lower Providence Township
• Montgomery Township
• New Hanover Township
• Plymouth Township
• Pottstown Borough
• Springfield Township
• Towamencin Township
• Upper Dublin Township
• Upper Merion Township
• Upper Moreland Township
• Whitemarsh Township

Bucks County:

• Richland Township
• Bensalem Township
• Lower Southampton Township
• Warrington Township
• Upper Southampton Township
• Yardley Borough
• Bristol Township
• New Britain Township
• Hilltown Township
• Northampton Township
• Penndel Borough

Chester County:

• Downingtown Borough
• East Brandywine Township
• East Whiteland Township
• Easttown Township
• Kennett Township
• North Coventry Township
• Schuylkill Township
• Tredyffrin Township
• Uwchlan Township
• West Brandywine Township
• West Chester Borough
• West Goshen Township
• West Whiteland Township
• Westtown-East Goshen Township
• Willistown Township

Image via Shutterstock