Pennsylvania State Trooper Crack Down On I-81 Traffic Violations To Prevent Car Accidents


Posted on Dec 03, 2008

According to MarketWatch, the four-week crackdown by Pennsylvania State Police on Interstate 81 has ended in almost 1500 tickets and over 700 written warnings. The increased one-month enforcement was called the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks Campaign (TACT) and was meant to reduce aggressive driving and car and truck accidents along the stretch of I-81 between Dauphin County and Cumberland County near Harrisburg, PA, a 33-mile stretch beginning at the Newville exit and ending at the I-83 junction.

The campaign, which began near the end of October, resulted in 1,498 traffic citations and 730 written warnings by Penn State Troopers. Officers used marked cars, unmarked cars, and fixed-wing aircraft in their efforts.

"The purpose of the TACT campaign was to educate car and truck drivers about the dangers of driving aggressively," State Police Commissioner Frank Pawlowski said. "The citations and warnings make it clear to all drivers that state police are serious about traffic safety."

In addition to having extra police cars in the area on the lookout for aggressive driving and breaches of the law, the campaign also included PennDOT public awareness and public education aspects that included radio spots, posters in public buildings, informational brochures, and highway billboards. All of these materials encouraged safe and cautious driving and taught readers how to steer clear of unsafe driving situations on the road.

The safety push also included the inspections of commercial vehicles like big rigs, in which police officers looked for tired drivers, trucks over the weight limit, and faulty equipment. Almost 100 inspections were conducted and 25 violations were found.

TACT was sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, an organization mad up of law enforcement officials, truck and bus companies, industry associations and insurance companies in North and Central America.

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