Community Responds to Police's Distracted Driving Enforcement
Check out what your neighbors are saying about the police department's increase monitoring along Route 2 in Edgewater and south county.
Last week, Anne Arundel County police announced their plan to crack down on distracted driving along Route 2—something that was met with both thankfulness and frustration by Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch readers. In the effort called Operation Eagle, police are hoping to address “the growing problem of distracted driving” in its various forms, such as texting, handling pets or even eating while driving, according to a police press release. However following the announcement, more than 50 comments flooded Patch and its Facebook page as residents expressed either frustration or happiness that police are focusing on the issue. With 365 LIKES on Patch’s article, there were a lot of opinions floating around from a variety of perspectives. Many …
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kathy frankes
8:32 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
Fact is, officers are not above the law. I have yet to see a cell phone law or distracted driving law that upholds exclusions for officers or any type of government employed persons, as anyone with a govt tag can be seen breaking the laws listed as well. I am in full support of cracking down, on ALL individuals, esp on route 2 coming down from edgewater to south county! It is a one lane road, … more ›