Thursday, April 12, 2012
'Eyes on 8' effort focuses on reducing aggressive-driving crashes and fatalities along the Route 8 corridor.
- POLICE & FIRE
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Speedy, tailgating, aggressive motorists on Route 8 in Allegheny and Butler counties might get the feeling they are being watched. They are. "Eyes on 8" has them, quite literally, on their radar. PennDOT announced Thursday an aggressive-driving enforcement initiative with the catchy "Eyes on 8" name. It will target the busy Route 8 corridor in Allegheny and Butler counties Representatives from PennDOT, state and local police departments and the Pennsylvania Aggressive Driving Enforcement and Education Program came together Thursday morning in Shaler Township to talk about "Eyes on 8." Police conducted aggressive-driving enforcement in the vicinity of the event. Law enforcement officials from Etna, Shaler and Northern Regional in Allegheny…
Friday, November 18, 2011
Enforcement to focus on impaired, aggressive driving and seat-belt use.
- HOLIDAY GUIDE
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Friday, November 18, 2011
PennDOT and police across Pennsylvania will partner for “Operation Safe Holiday,” an aggressive effort to keep travelers safe this holiday season. Through early January, police will use sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and regular traffic safety patrols to crack down on motorists who are speeding, driving aggressively or driving while impaired. Pennsylvania also will conduct Click It or Ticket seat-belt enforcement beginning today, Nov. 18, to Dec. 4. “With more vehicles on our roadways, motorists must be especially vigilant during the holiday travel season,” said PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch in a press release. “Travelers should buckle up, drive safely, avoid distractions and never drive impaired.” PennDOT reports that Thanksgiving …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Statewide effort aimed at curbing speeding will involve 320 municipal police departments.
State Trooper Joe Christy made no bones about police officers stopping speeding motorists on Interstate 79. Christy said that with two “radar speed trailers” set up in both directions near the Southpointe exit, speeding motorists were given fair warning to slow down. “It’s a little bit different in the sense we don’t have two speed trailers out,” Christy said of Wednesday’s aggressive-driving sting conducted by state police and PennDOT. “They’re given the opportunity to slow down. [If they don’t], then we have a trooper for enforcement since you didn’t get it on the first two opportunities.” State troopers from Allegheny and Washington counties were actively patrolling a stretch of Interstate 79 between Bridgeville and Southpointe in an …
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Police departments will target roadways in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it will fund statewide police enforcement of aggressive driving. Jim Struzzi, PennDOT spokesman, said in a statement that 30 municipal police departments in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties will target 29 roadways within their jurisdictions in an effort to reduce the number of aggressive-driving crashes in Pennsylvania. Municipal and state police will be looking for motorists who tailgate, speed and run traffic signals, according to the statement. The departments will take part in the crackdown, which is funded by nearly $2.1 million in federal money, through March 27. PennDOT's investment includes paying for police overtime costs.
