| The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Special Operations Division, in cooperation with the Maryland State Police, Leonardtown Barrack, is conducting a Traffic Safety Initiative to address numerous traffic safety-related issues. Based on citizen complaints of speeding and aggressive driving, combined with 2011 motor vehicle collision data, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office has identified two travel areas where enforcement efforts will be concentrated.
In 2011, four hundred-sixty (460) motor vehicle collisions occurred on Three Notch Road between Wildewood Parkway and Pegg Road in the California and Lexington Park areas of St. Mary's County, Maryland. In addition, thirty-nine (39) motor vehicle collisions occurred on Maryland Route 5 inLeonardtown, Maryland.
Over the next couple of months, deputies and troopers will be patrolling these identified areas during the morning and evening hours when traffic volume is increased. Officers will attempt to detect motorists who are violating motor vehicle laws including speeding, unsafe lane change, following too closely, improper passing of school buses and inappropriate cell phone use. Motorists who violate Maryland traffic laws are subject to receive a citation for the violation(s).
The goal of the initiative is to increase motorist awareness of such problems, and to have all motorists obey traffic laws, as well as, increase the care and caution utilized when operating a motor vehicle, thus increasing safe travel for all.
http://www.firstsheriff.com/docs/TrafficSafetyInitiative.pdf |
