200+ Tickets Written To Drivers In Crack Down On Bad Driving Behavior

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A coordinated law enforcement initiative to pull impaired, distracted and aggressive drivers off the roads in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area yielded considerable results last weekend. Troopers and officers concentrated their enforcement efforts on behaviors most likely to injure or kill others such as impaired driving, aggressive and distracted driving and speeding.

Law enforcement representatives from Montgomery and Prince George’s counties issued 246 citations, 160 warnings, 36 safety equipment repair orders and eight civil citations. There was also one arrest warrant served over this period.

Troopers from the commercial motor vehicle division performed 11 inspections on commercial vehicles and placed two vehicles out of service for safety and equipment violations. The troopers and officers also removed 21 impaired drivers from the roadways.

Efforts were focused on I-495 from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Prince George’s County to the American Legion Memorial Bridge in Montgomery County and on US Route 50 from Washington D.C to the Anne Arundel County line, and major roadways leading to them. The coordinated effort involved more than 60 police and civilian employees working together in the region overnight.