May 12, 2008
Shore police departments to target speeding motorists
Police officers from six different departments on the Eastern Shore will be combining efforts today to target motorists who are speeding or disobeying other traffic laws following a deadly spate of accidents last year, according to the Maryland State Police. The enforcement effort will be conducted periodically throughout the summer.
"We are not going to tolerate the continuing high speeds we have been seeing on these highways," State Police Lt. Dwayne Boardman, the commander of the Centreville Barracks, said in a statement. "It appears that drivers are becoming more complacent with those speeds and we intend to remind them just what the speed limits are through these areas."
Boardman studied accidents that occurred last year and found that the Centreville Barracks investigated 11 crashes in Queen Anne's County that resulted in 13 deaths, and four crashes in Kent County that resulted in five deaths. Twelve of the accidents occurred in the afternoon or evening and most on weekdays, and more than half occurred on three roads: routes 301, 50 and 213.
"Police are seeing similar trends continuing into 2008 and want to stop them now," the state police statement says.
Today's operation, dubbed "Obey the sign or pay the fine," includes more than 30 officers from a half dozen departments on the Upper Shore, including sheriff's deputies, the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and Chestertown police.
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