(Click on the image for Dick Uliano's WTOP report)
- A combination of stepped-up police activity and speed cameras have produced nearly 21,000 violations issued to drivers so far in 2019, from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, according to Prince George’s County Police Maj. Jeffrey Mitchell, commander of District VII-Fort Washington.
- “As far as the three cameras that we’ve located on 210, they’re in pretty decent locations … they’ve issued out a total of 3,034 violations, which is actually pretty good between the three cameras,” Mitchell said.
- The two southbound cameras were responsible for snaring most of the speeders, issuing 2,155 of the speeding violations.
- “We’ve had 66 fatalities since 2007,” said Rev. Robert Screen, an organizer of the 210 Traffic Safety Committee. “Speeding is primarily the No. 1 issue here, along with distracted driving and DUIs,” Screen said.
- But it’s not just cameras slowing drivers down on the long, straight highway bisected by numerous cross streets. More drivers have been seeing the flashing blue lights of Prince George’s County police in their rearview mirrors since the start of the year.
- “On 210, we had 17,924 citations, so that’s out of a little over 8,000 traffic stops, 8,143,” said Mitchell, outlining the data from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15.