Attention: Bucks County speeders! Breaking News!

Jul 25th, 2007 | By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. | Category: Blogs, Criminal & Traffic, PA & NJ Speed Traps

Operation Yellow Jacket is live and well. What is Operation Yellow Jacket? Operation Yellow Jacket is a joint effort between the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) and the Pennsylvania State Troopers to stop speeding vehicles on Pennsylvania’s roads and highways. This practice has been established for several years now.

You may be surprised (as I initially was) that PA State Troopers are permitted to hide in PennDot construction vehicles (usually a yellow truck of some sort), with their radar guns pointed at you. A PA State Trooper in the construction vehicle will then radio to a Trooper in a marked Pennsylvania State Police vehicle and the marked Pennsylvania State Police vehicle will initiate a motor vehicle stop for speeding (assuming that you were speeding).

I initially discovered this practice about two years ago after I was personally stopped. It seems to me that it is an unfair practice. Should State Police officers be allowed to hide in PennDot construction vehicles? Is this entrapment?

The reason I mention Operation Yellow Jacket today is that I observed the practice in action again this morning on Interstate 95 (I-95) northbound in lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Interestingly enough, at the time I passed the operation, the PA State Troopers did not have anyone pulled over for speeding. In recent times, I have also observed this practice on the PA side of the I-95 Bridge to NJ, in Yardley, PA.

As I drove to work this morning, I observed at least ten PA State Police vehicles on patrol or stopped on the side of the road that appeared to be looking to issue PA speeding tickets. Be careful and drive slowly because there seems to be some kind of State Police initiative to curb speeding in Bucks County, PA. The speed limit on I-95 in Pennsylvania including, Bucks, Philadelphia, and Delaware counties is 55 m.p.h.

If you do receive a Bucks County, PA speeding ticket and/or any other Bucks County traffic ticket our firm may be able to help you reduce PA driving points, fines and other penalties that come with PA traffic violations.

The author of this Law Blog, Bucks County PA & Mercer County, NJ criminal attorney, Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. of Saile & Saile LLP, Attorneys-at-Law practices both New Jersey and Pennsylvania criminal, traffic violations, and DUI/DWI/DAI law. Check out our website for DUI penalties. We handle all NJ Municipal Court cases including DUI in the following NJ Municipal Courts: Hopewell Township, Ewing Township, Trenton, Lawrence Township, Hamilton, Pennington, and other Mercer County, Burlington County, and Camden County, NJ courts. We also handle lower bucks county DUI and traffic violation cases in the following towns: Bensalem, Southampton, Richboro, Newtown, Levittown, Langhorne, Doylestown, Warminster, Trevose, Feasterville, Warrington, Bristol, Fallsington, Yardley, New Hope, Holland, Washington Crossing, PA, and other Bucks County courts. We handle DUI cases in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery County, PA. We are located just outside of Philadelphia in lower Bucks County.