Springfield Police Join Aggressive Driving Crackdown

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — Police in Springfield Township will join police in the region in a coordinated aggressive driving enforcement wave to help reduce the number of crashes, injuries, and fatalities.

More than 80 municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties will join the Pennsylvania State Police in the crackdown, which runs through Nov. 14.

The enforcement wave will focus on the Move Over Law, school bus safety, speeding, and tailgating. Drivers exhibiting other aggressive actions or unsafe behaviors may also be cited.

Police 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.

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.

PennDOT offers these tips for encounters with aggressive drivers:

• Get out of their way and don't challenge them.
• Stay relaxed, avoid eye contact, and ignore rude gestures.
• Don't block the passing lane if you are driving slower than most of the traffic.

In 2020, there were 5,615 aggressive driving crashes, resulting in 91 fatalities and 401 suspected serious injuries.

Aggressive driving crashes are crashes involving 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.