(COLLEGE PARK, MD) – During an overnight traffic enforcement initiative along the Prince George’s County portion of the Capital Beltway, almost half of the drivers stopped by Maryland state troopers were speeding and nearly one dozen were driving on suspended or revoked licenses.
Maryland state troopers from the Washington Metro Troop conducted another “Operation Centipede” initiative on the Capital Beltway from last night into early this morning. During last night’s leg of this initiative, dozens of additional troopers were deployed along the interstate in Prince George’s County. Troopers focused on aggressive, drunk, speeding, and inattentive drivers as they worked to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries in that region.
During the operation, troopers stopped 195 vehicles and issued 91 traffic citations for speeding. Troopers charged 11 people for driving on suspended or revoked licenses. Three people were arrested for drunk driving and one was arrested for a drug violation.
Troopers also issued 66 traffic citations for other violations, three for aggressive driving, and six for failing to wear seat belts. Troopers handed out 115 warnings for various traffic offenses and 13 safety equipment repair orders for faulty vehicle equipment.
There were no traffic fatalities or serious injuries on the Capital Beltway overnight. Troopers will continue focused enforcement efforts like this in the days ahead as they work to keep Maryland highways safe. An announcement is expected Monday about an HOV lane enforcement initiative planned for next week in the region.
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5 comments:
Good ole P.G. county , I really expected a bigger percentage.
Most of the residents are ex-prisoners or are preparing to go prison.
If they cops would do this every day it would solve our problem with the Md. debt. That county is the thorn in the side for the State.
Result: It was a HUGE success and the government muscle garnered tremendous profits for the County!
Well worth the investment of additional police and invasion of people's privacy.
Shoud plan to do it again soon.
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Troopers focused on aggressive, drunk, speeding, and inattentive drivers as they worked to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries in that region.
And,:Troopers also issued 66 traffic citations for other violations, three for aggressive driving, and six for failing to wear seat belts
That tells me speeding isn't aggressive driving like they try to say. I never thought it was and it really isn't per se.
Speeding is an easy ticketable offense, and generates revenue.
Real aggressive driving offenses, such as, tailgating, obstructing,etc, are much more harder to observe and prosecute. That is why they hardly target this group.
It's great that they are trying to slow these nuts down and go after aggressive drivers, but it should be done on a regular basis. Not once in awhile with a cute little code name and plenty of publicity to attempt to show you are doing something about it.
You have to do this every day for a month for some of those to get the message. When you guys leave, they will go right back to doing the same crap.
An announcement is expected Monday about an HOV lane enforcement initiative planned for next week in the region
HOV lanes do not work. Plain and simple. Other states realized that a long time ago and got rid of them.
You try to encourage car pooling to reduce traffic but people would rather drive themselves, mostly alone.
It's a good goal but just not achievable.
Troopers should do the same thing on Rt 50 any weekday evening from 4 PM until 5:30 PM going west from Hobbs Road to Berlin. If you want to see speeding and aggresive driving that is the place to be.
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