(PIKESVILLE, MD) Maryland State Police stepped up traffic enforcement efforts this Memorial Day weekend to keep Maryland roads safe.
The Maryland State Police conducted traffic enforcement initiatives throughout the state during this unofficial start to the summer travel season. During this Memorial Day weekend, troopers made numerous traffic stops focused on impaired or distracted drivers, aggressive and speeding motorists, as well as those who were not properly belted in the vehicle.
During this four day weekend over 9,500 vehicles were stopped by troopers across the state. Preliminary statistics revealed approximately 6,843 traffic citations were issued along with approximately 4,764 warnings. In addition, 99 motorists were arrested for impaired driving, 28 people were arrested for various drug offenses and 72 were arrested for various criminal violations.
Operation SHOWBOAT which focused on Route 50 from Anne Arundel County to Ocean City, Route 301 in Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties, and Route 13 in Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester Counties resulted in 691 speeding citations along with 91 additional citations for other violations. Those violations include seat belt and cell phone infractions. Two motorists were arrested for driving while impaired.
Operation Millipede concentrated its efforts along I-95 resulting in 125 speeding, 29 cell phone, 10 texting and 41seatbelt citations. An additional 148 citations were issued for other violations.
In an ongoing effort to educate motorists, additional initiatives will continue throughout the summer travel season. These high visibility enforcement efforts are to reduce the number of aggressive driving motor vehicle crashes in which speed, alcohol and other driving violations are contributing factors to crashes on Maryland roads. Maryland State Police will continue these initiatives in support of the Maryland Highway Safety Office’s ‘Move Toward Zero Deaths’ campaign.
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10 comments:
Stepping it up? Why ever step it back down? Hey msp tax collectors, why don't you sit outside all of our driveways in case we don't come to a complete stop? Think of the money you guys would make? You could then buy tanks, and more mraps. I bet if you rake in enough dough you could purchase a waterboarding device or torture chamber so you could properly interrogate us. Don't laugh, its coming, what we do to our enemies we will eventually do to our citizenry.
5 times more speeding tickets handed out on the shore vs I-95. What's wrong with that picture? Oh that's right the traffic on I-95 goes really slow!
Shades of Mao Tse-tung!!! Now, when the armed agents of the government conduct their military-style campaigns against the citizens, they call it "education". Beats any reference to indirect taxes and surely beats calling it a "shakedown".
I told you that soon there would be constant and overlapping "campaigns" against us. The State NEEDS the money badly and who better to collect than guys with guns???
Keep cheering.
Good, more enforcement need of the "entitled" citizens.
10:37 WTF does that mean? "of" the entitled citizens???
God i can't wait until the military locks you up.
Apparently getting caught breaking the law once in a blue moon in a big deal. Stop breaking the law morons, its not that difficult.
I can't wait either. They'll be behind you human shields they call cops.
You just have to love it when people, many of them cops, tell "we, the people" to stop breaking the law.
Straight from the people who blow by you on the bypass at 85, run stop signs at will, swerve through traffic, wreck their cars texting, and are regularly filmed beating, punching, and kicking handcuffed citizens. Film.
Stop breaking the law, you morons, huh????
As the Romans said so famously, "who guards the guards?", a questioned they asked as their own Praetorians killed and stole with impunity.
yeah stop breaking traffic law, 100% of you morons do it, get caught every other year or so out of hundreds of uncaught violations, then complain about it. Even then 50% of traffic stops result in warnings. Man those cops must be bad guys lol.
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