Extra State Troopers In Montgomery County For Thanksgiving

ROCKVILLE, MD — Maryland State Police will be putting extra troopers on patrol statewide, including in Montgomery County, during the Thanksgiving holiday travel week.

Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 27, troopers from all barracks will be looking for signs of impaired driving, aggressive driving, distracted driving, speeding, and other violations that commonly cause highway fatalities.

"Several barracks will utilize impaired driving grants from the Maryland Highway Safety Office to put additional troopers on the roads," Maryland State Police said in a statement. "These troopers will be saturating areas known to have a higher frequency of impaired driving arrests or crashes."

I-95 and I-495 will get particular attention because of their high volume of traffic.

"A variety of initiatives will be employed to keep traffic moving safely, to respond quickly to highway incidents, and to take appropriate enforcement action when violations occur, to keep travelers safe on Maryland roads," the statement adds.

Nearly 1.15 million Marylanders are expected to travel 50 miles or more from their homes during the Thanksgiving holiday travel weekend, a 2.2 percent increase over 2018, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Nationally, and in Maryland, this will be the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume since AAA began tracking in 2000, trailing only the record set in 2005.

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