Maryland State Police Joins ‘ADAPT’ Initiative To Address Aggressive Driving

(PIKESVILLE, Md.) – The Maryland State Police are among the law enforcement agencies in the state this month who are participating in an initiative to raise additional awareness about aggressive driving.

Troopers are participating in the state’s ADAPT – Aggressive Drivers Are Public Threats – initiative. The ADAPT Program is an aggressive driving enforcement campaign designed to curb dangerous behaviors and make Maryland roads safer for everyone. ADAPT combines education and law enforcement as part of Maryland’s Toward Zero Deaths program, which is charting the course to reach the goal of zero roadway fatalities.

The MVA also reported that four out of five aggressive drivers are males, and they were responsible for 58 percent of aggressive driving-related crashes. Also, in the last five years, more than 85 percent of crashes due to aggressive behaviors in Maryland happened in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas.

Aggressive driving violations involve a combination of behaviors that endanger people or property. Maryland law dictates that at least three of the following are observed:

– Traffic light violations.
– Overtaking and passing another vehicle.
– Passing on the right.
– Driving on a laned roadway.
– Tailgating, or following another driver too closely.
– Failing to yield when other drivers have the right-of-way.
-Exceeding the speed limit.

For aggressive driving violations, you’ll receive five points on your license and a $370 fine.

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~ MD State Police