Maryland transportation officials lowered the bar when they set new goals for reducing pedestrian fatalities after the number of deaths continued to climb despite a nearly $50 million effort to make roads more walker-friendly.
The Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan set five-year goals in 2006 for reducing injuries and fatalities on Maryland roads to a maximum of 85 by 2010. There were 93 such deaths in 2006. In 2010, there were 101.
So last year, a new plan included a less ambitious pedestrian fatality goal for the state. Maryland officials now hope to reduce pedestrian fatalities to 92 by 2015.
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4 comments:
Whats the difference? They r gonna tax us to death anyway.
I think in this state folks are jumping out in front of cars to escape the liberal machine. Maryland a great state to be from!
You can't cure stupid! I have seen (barely) too many people almost too late to avoid hitting them when they step out against the light or without a light.
Maybe that is what they should be using the cameras for.....
Some people should not try to cross the streets with out an escort.
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