Speed Cameras Placed on Maryland Highway Issued 9,000 Tickets Since August

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• Indian Head Highway in Maryland now has three speeding cameras that have collectively issued 9,000 tickets, since August — amounting to roughly 1,500 a month.
• The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Screen, a safety advocate, along with others, lobbied for the cameras after experiencing many losses in the community as a result of car wrecks.
• “From 2007 up until the current time — we’ve actually lost 68 people on this roadway,” Screen said.
• Screen asks that people show some restraint on Indian Head Highway. 
• “When we are asking a person to slow down — it’s all working their character and a position of trust — can we trust you to do that?” Screen said.

MD 210 Safety Related Statistics

Del. Jay Walker polled Town Hall attendees on Feb. 26 and about 75% were in favor of speed cameras.

The Overall Plan for MD 210 Improvements

A proposed light rail for Southern Maryland aims to relieve some of America’s worst traffic

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The Greater Washington region is home to some of the worst traffic and longest commutes in the country, and that’s especially true in Southern Maryland.
In 2017 alone, commuters in Charles County spent an average of 388 hours traveling to and from work, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of U.S. Census data. That adds up to nearly two and a half weeks, narrowly beating out Virginia’s Fauqier and Stafford counties for the dubious distinction of America’s costliest commute.

Distracted Drivers Injure or Kill 27 Thousand People in Maryland per Year

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Distracted driving statistics from the Maryland Highway Safety Office:

Need more to get you to put the phone down when you drive? See CM Monique Anderson-Walker's  #DrivingItHome video.

Your family wants you home safe!

64 vehicles earn 2020 IIHS awards, thanks to state-of-the-art safety

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From IIHS:

• To qualify for a 2020 Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ award, vehicles must have good ratings in each of the Institute’s six crashworthiness evaluations. They must also have good or acceptable headlights and available front crash prevention that earns advanced or superior ratings in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations.
• The “plus” is awarded to models that come exclusively with good or acceptable headlights, making it easier for consumers to find properly equipped vehicles. Of the 64 award winners, 23 qualify for Top Safety Pick+.
• No minivans or pickups qualify for either award so far this year. That could change if automakers make midyear production changes and nominate the vehicle for testing.
• The 64 vehicles are listed at the bottom of https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/64-vehicles-earn-2020-iihs-awards-thanks-to-state-of-the-art-safety

Now the Good News: Death Toll Plummeted to Multi-Year Low Along Indian Head Highway

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• Three Persons Lost Their Lives On Roadway Dubbed The “Highway of Death” in 2019.
• Traffic fatalities dropped to the lowest level in years on Indian Head Highway (Maryland Route 210) in 2019. Three persons lost their lives on the corridor during 2019, including a pedestrian on a service road parallel to MD 210. Increased enforcement and other factors at play may have saved lives otherwise lost.

Thieves Target Communities Where They Know They'll Find Unlocked Cars

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• Bowie Police Chief says Lock It or Lose It.
• We heard a similar message from District VII Commander, Major Mitchell, at this morning's South County Community Roundtable.
• Unlocked cars are low-hanging fruit, ripe for easy criminal picking. 

Traffic Crashes Are Predicted to Become the Fifth Leading Cause of Death by 2030

World Health Organization:
Injuries are a growing problem: the three leading causes of death globally from injuries – road traffic crashes, homicide and suicide – are all predicted to rise in rank compared to other causes of death, placing them among the top 20 leading causes of death in the world by 2030. Road traffic crashes are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030, with suicide and homicide rising to become the 12th and 18th leading causes of death respectively.

Drive as if You Love Your Children

They love you.

Scientist Finds the Solution to Speeding!

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Solution saves a lot of tax dollars and a lot of lives!
The solution is relatively low-cost and easy to implement.