Crime & Safety
Aggressive Driving in Palmer Township Will Be Targeted Today
Bethlehem and Bethlehem Township police to be participating in a statewide initiative aimed at stopping aggressive driving.
Today will not be a good day to be driving angry in the Lehigh Valley. Not that it ever is.
No less than 14 local police departments – including and Easton – and the Pennsylvania State Police plan to conduct a special aggressive-driving enforcement on Lehigh Valley roads today, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said in a news release.
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Aggressive driving behaviors include speeding, tailgating and running red lights.
Local departments and the state police are targeting aggressive driving across the state until April 29.
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More than 320 local departments are participating in the program, which is funded by PennDOT’s statewide investment of $2.3 million in federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the news release said.
Participating police departments wrote 142,013 aggressive-driving related citations in 2011, according to PennDOT.
The other Lehigh Valley departments participating in the targeted enforcement today include: Allentown, Bethlehem, Bethlehm Township, Catasauqua, Salisbury Township, Whitehall Township, Colonial Regional, Lehigh Township, Lower Saucon Township, Upper Nazareth Township and Wilson.
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