Delaware, PA to Combat DUI During Labor Day Weekend

Motorists traveling across the Delaware Memorial Bridge and its approaches will see more patrol units enforcing highway safety over the Labor Day weekend.

The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) Police will be cracking down on aggressive drivers on the bridge.

"Delaware River and Bay Authority Police will be conducting directed patrols through the Labor Day weekend, and the goal is to encourage both seatbelt use and reduce aggressive driving on the Delaware Memorial Bridge,” said Jim Salmon, public information officer for the DRBA, to Delaware Public Media. "Aggressive driving includes speeding, tailgating, and unsafe lane changes."

Additional DRBA police units and patrols will monitor each span of the bridge and will operate radar. The DRBA noted that the posted speed limit on the bridge is 50 mph and 20 mph on the approach to the bridge's southbound toll plaza.

In Pennsylvania, police departments across Bucks County are partnering with the Bucks County District Attorney's Office to target dangerous and impaired drivers during the Labor Day holiday weekend.

"Our increased enforcement efforts are already underway and will continue through Sept. 1," said District Attorney Jennifer Schorn to The Patch of Doylestown. "You will see more officers on the roads, conducting enhanced traffic enforcement and cracking down on all forms of impaired driving. Our officers will be on patrol around the clock with zero tolerance for dangerous driving."

In 2023, nearly 40% of all crash fatalities nationwide over the Labor Day Weekend involved drivers impaired by alcohol.

Schorn also reminded the public that officers will be looking for those driving under the influence of other substances. 

"If you choose to use marijuana or other drugs and get behind the wheel, you're putting lives at risk. That's why we're also reminding you, 'Drive High, Get A DUI,'" she said.