Crime & Safety
Upper Dublin Police Launch Aggressive Driving Crackdown
Speeding, running red lights, distracted driving — the police in Upper Dublin will be on the lookout for these dangerous behaviors and more.
UPPER DUBLIN, PA — More than 60 area police departments, including police in Upper Dublin, have launched a campaign to crack down on aggressive driving throughout the Philadelphia region. The campaign goes through April 28 and will target drivers who are seen speeding, violating school bus laws, running red lights and more.
During the enforcement campaign, 64 municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties will be watching out for motorists exhibiting various aggressive-driving behaviors.
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.
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Unsafe behaviors such as distracted driving, failing to stop at stop signs, ignoring work zones and more will also be targeted, authorities from PennDOT said in a news release.
According to PennDOT data, there were 1,482 crashes and 17 fatalities in 2017 in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in which aggressive-driving was a factor.
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The enforcement campaign is funded by part of PennDOT’s investment of federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The following departments are participating:
Montgomery County
- Abington Township
- Cheltenham Township
- Douglass Township
- Franconia 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
- Norristown
- Plymouth Township
- Pottstown Borough
- Towamencin Township
- Upper Dublin Township
- Upper Merion Township
- Upper Moreland Township
- Upper Providence Township
- West Norriton Township
- Whitemarsh Township
Chester County
- Caln Township
- Downingtown
- Easttown Township
- East Whiteland
- Kennett Township
- North Coventry
- Southern Chester County Regional PD
- Schuylkill Township
- Tredyffrin Township
- Uwchlan Township
- West Brandywine
- West Goshen
- West Whiteland
- Westtown-East Goshen
- Willistown Township
Bucks County
- Warrington Township
- Bensalem Township
- Penndel Borough
- Doylestown Township
- Hilltown Township
- Upper Southampton Township
- Northampton Township
- Richland Township
- Newtown Township
- Warwick Township
- Lower Southampton Township
- Newtown Borough
- Middletown Township
Delaware County
- Aston Township
- Chester City
- Haverford Township
- Lansdowne Borough
- Marple Township
- Newtown Township
- Radnor Township
- Ridley Township
- Springfield Township
- Upper Darby Township
- Upper Providence Township
- Yeadon Borough
With reporting from Patch correspondent Kara Seymour
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