Aggressive Drivng Campaign Statistics
Aggressive Driving Press Releases
Aggressive Driving 2007 Flier
Posters,Fliers and Billboards
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Stop Aggressive Driving" Campaign

The Delaware Office of Highway Safety in partnership with the State's law enforcement community conducts and intensive statewide effort to reduce fatal and injury crashes caused by aggressive driving behaviors.

The "Stop Aggressive Driving" Campaign is a combination of data driven, targeted enforcement and high visibility public awareness.  Nine State, municipal, and County police agencies conduct ongoing aggressive driving enforcement during specified days and times of the week, looking for aggressive drivers.

In 2007, OHS and law enforcement conducted two enforcement mobilizations aimed at stopping aggressive drivers. The first was held in February and March, the second was a five month effort running from July through November involving weekly aggressive driving patrols.

OHS also launched a new public awareness effort in 2007 encouraging motorists to call 911 to report aggressive drivers just as they would to report impaired drivers. Public opinion surveys reveal that Delawareans see aggressive drivers as just as serious a threat to their safety as impaired drivers. After the new awareness push, 911 dispatch centers saw calls increase significantly. The "call 911" message was communicated through billboards, radio ads and the distribution of fliers and pres releases to media outlets.

How to report aggressive drivers: When a person calls 911 to report an aggressive driver they should provide as much information to dispatchers as possible, while keeping their personal safety in mind. Callers should try to provide a description of the vehicle (color, SUV vs sedan, make or model if possible), the direction of travel, and if they can safely read it...the license plate. The safest thing to do is to pull over to make the call on your cell phone if possible, or have another caller do it for you. If its not possible then dial cautiously to report the aggressive driver. Dispatchers will broadcast a Be On the Lookout message to officers in that area who will attempt to make contact with the aggressive driver.

Enforcement: Much of the campaign’s enforcement activities occur in New Castle County where the majority of aggressive driving-related crashes occur. Some agencies are using “Aggressive Driving Teams” (Delaware State Police, New Castle County Police and Wilmington Police) to catch aggressive drivers.  The Teams consist of two officers each, one using a marked vehicle and one operating an unconventional vehicle.  When a violation is spotted by an officer in the unconventional vehicle, he or she will radio ahead to their partner in the marked car, and both will then execute the traffic stop and issue the citation.  The Team approach will be supplemented by more traditional aggressive driving patrols from four other New Castle County Police agenciesOne new facet of this year’s campaign is that participating police agencies will also be on the lookout for aggressive driving behaviors by motorcyclists.  Aggressive driving behaviors were a factor in 68% of the 22 fatal motorcycle crashes that occurred last year.