VA/MD/DC police to crack down on speeders

[razz]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...v=rss_metro/va

Targeting aggressive driving, Smooth Operator is a public safety campaign featuring four week-long waves of increased traffic enforcement on the region's interstates and other highways. The roving crackdown involves 90 police agencies in Virginia, Maryland, the District and -- starting this year -- Pennsylvania. The first wave of increased enforcement was in May; the second began Sunday and ends tomorrow.

Two more waves of increased regional enforcement are scheduled for July 23 to 29 and Aug. 27 to Sept. 9. Radio and television ads about the program are targeted at men 18 to 34, the population group with the biggest penchant for aggressive driving. Smooth Operator's advertising blitz also partly hopes to offset the impact of such films as "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" that glorify illegal street racing.

[ronsc1985]

This BS goes on every year. Kind of like all the scare stories from the IRS right before April 15th.

If the lazy SOB's wanted to do something useful they would crackdown of all the tailgating and people talking on their cell phones, putting on makeup etc . while driving on highways. That of course requires some effort rather than just sitting on your azz and reading a radar or Lidar screen.

[stealthJamal]

This means you won't see a single LEO during heavy traffic when people are driving crazy/dangerous. YOU WILL SEE THEM ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY MORNING AND AT NIGHT WHEN THE TRAFFIC IS VERY LOW DOING STATURATION PATROLS ON SPEEDERS. It's like they only write easy tickets. If it is for our safety you would see them out in force during dangerous times, not at night or early morning nabbing speeders in very low traffic when it is safe to drive faster.

[m3sport]

lol. It ends tomorrow...Stupid....

[SmaartAasSaabr]

Hmmm I am an 18-34 year old male :wink:

[proudNMAmember]

smarta$$aab.

[AirMoore]

lol. It ends tomorrow...Stupid....

Yeah, you can tell your an M3 owner alright. :roll:


... you sound like another (previous) member who owned one (an M3).

[stealth9]

"...the program are targeted at men 18 to 34, the population group with the biggest penchant for aggressive driving."

So its okay to target a slot group of males but we can't target middle eastern folks at the airport for increased checks? Nice.