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Tailgating in Maryland seems to be a state sanctioned sport. Citizens and police both do it. When was the last time you saw a driver with FP or FOP plates obey our traffic laws and how many times have you seen an MSP officer tailgating the driver in front of him without activating emergency lights? It’s perhaps why we only see radar traps and heavily choreographed sobriety check points instead of a real effort to deal with adult aggressive driving. We obfuscate traffic enforcement with the elements of it that make us feel good without putting the real culprits behind bars. We do what’s easiest in Maryland.

Driving to the Eastern Shore today was not a pleasure. It was dangerous. The ONLY police we saw were two Calvert County Deputies holding a radar gun in the median outside Chesapeake Beach. On the Bay Bridge we watched clueless idiots honking and speeding through a confusing UNMARKED bridge approach and toll exit. On every highway we were harassed by aggressive drivers. The ONLY exception was the community of Tighlman Island where everyone seemed to drive in a very respectable fashion.

Maryland is doing a lousy job dealing with aggressive driving. Tailgating is indeed a state sport! It might even be an Olympic event someday the way things seem to be proceeding.

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