Abington Police Join National Crackdown On Aggressive Driving

ABINGTON, PA — The Abington Police Department will join state police and other municipal agencies for a targeted aggressive driving enforcement campaign from March 18 through April 25.

The enforcement will focus on speeding, distracted driving and work zone awareness to reduce the number of aggressive driving related crashes, injuries and deaths on roadways throughout the state.

Police agencies wrote 43,349 citations as part of last year's campaign, including 22,000 violations for speeding, 1,000 for occupant protection infractions and 3,000 for red light violations. They also made 126 impaired driving arrests.

The enforcement is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Project. It is funded by the Newtown Township Police Department's investment of federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Departments participating in Montgomery County include:

• Abington Township
• Cheltenham Township
• Conshohocken Borough
• Douglas Township
• Franconia Township
• Hatfield Township
• Limerick Township
• Lower Merion Township
• Lower Moreland Township
• Lower Providence Township
• Montgomery Township
• New Hanover Township
• Norristown Borough
• Plymouth Township
• Pottstown Borough
• Royersford Borough
• Upper Dublin Township
• Upper Merion Township
• Upper Moreland Township
• Upper Pottsgrove Township
• Upper Providence Township
• West Conshohocken Borough
• West Norriton Township
• West Pottsgrove Township
• Whitemarsh Township
• Whitpain Township
• Towamencin Township
• Upper Merion Township

With reporting from Patch correspondetn Peter Blanchard