2010 Annual Report - Maryland State Highway Administration

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2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 Highway Safety Legislation FY 2010 spanned the largest proactive safety agenda in a decade. Important legislation was passed in April 2009 that took effect in October 2009 to tighten driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and drugs laws. The laws: Subject a person to jail time for violating an alcohol restriction on a license; Eliminate the opportunity for an alcohol/drug driving offender to receive probation before judgment more than once within a ten-year period; Expand the ignition interlock program; Make the purchasing of alcohol for, or providing alcohol to, an underage person (with religious and within home exceptions) a criminal offense and increasing the penalties for offenders. Other significant traffic safety legislation, effective October 2009: Strengthens the state’s graduated licensing program, including a longer learner’s permit phase and increased sanctions for traffic offenses by novice drivers; Requires a driver who accumulates multiple points to complete a driver improvement program; 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Maryland Highway Fatalities Calendar Year Authorizes the statewide use of speed cameras in school and work zones; Prohibits a driver from sending a text message while the vehicle is in motion or on the travel portion of the road. During the 2010 legislative session, additional legislation to enhance traffic safety was enacted to be effective in October 2010. This included bills that: Restrict cell phone use by a driver when the vehicle is in motion on a highway; Require drivers to give a three-foot clearance to bicyclists; 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 - Maryland Highway Injuries Require drivers to move away from or slow for stopped emergency vehicles. Calendar Year Choose Safety for Life Program The Choose Safety for Life (CSFL) website (www.choosesafetyforlife.com) continued to be a portal to all safety programs. The Be A Driving Force for Safety and the Drive Safely Work Week initiatives were also promoted through viral marketing via emails and advertising on websites that included The Baltimore Sun and the Carroll County Times newspapers. The CSFL Facebook site continued to serve as a forum for safety discussions and share messages among a growing population of users. SHA partnered with other state, county and local agencies and organizations to promote safety education programs and enforcement efforts, such as Smooth Operator, Work Zone Safety Awareness, Tipsy? Taxi!, DUI is for Losers and other programs to educate and encourage drivers to make better decisions and behavior choices while driving. 16 STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION | FY 2010 Annual Report
Highway Safety III 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Impaired Driving Fatalities and Injuries 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Calendar Year Impaired Injuries Impaired Fatalities Impaired Driving Prevention Safety Maryland has been vigilant in communicating the risks of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. SHA, in partnership with AAA and Yellow Cab, continued the Tipsy? Taxi! effort in the Baltimore area, which provided 541 free cab rides to potentially impaired drivers for the St. Patrick’s Day, July Fourth, Labor Day and New Year’s Eve holidays. The campaign included web promotions, radio public service announcements (PSA) and enforcement efforts. More than 1,500 potentially drunk drivers have been removed from Baltimore area roadways since the program began. Lt. Governor Brown announced sweeping changes to Maryland’s DUI laws at a press conference in September 2009. More than one-fourth of the traffic fatalities in the previous year were committed by drivers under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The new DUI laws went into effect in October 2009. Lt. Governor Brown hosted the Maryland Remembers event in December 2009 to remember people killed in impaired-driving crashes and to reinforce efforts against drunk driving. SHA announced at the event that Governor O’Malley had signed an executive order establishing an Executive Committee to evaluate an impaired-driving program that would revise the way impaired drivers are tracked from arrest to adjudication to treatment. Maryland Impaired Driving Coalition launched a new social marketing campaign aimed at young people who are hard to reach by traditional media. The program called DUI is 4 Losers focused on the negative consequences for drivers operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign, an annual education and enforcement campaign for zero tolerance against impaired driving, complemented the DUI is 4 Losers campaign. Checkpoint Strikeforce ran from August through December 2009 with increased DUI checkpoints and patrols combined with a public information media campaign and paid media component. More than 17,000 Christmas tree tags were distributed in CY 2009 to Christmas tree farms and vendors which reminded the public that Santa was watching! This was a low-cost year-end messaging tool about drinking and driving. STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION | FY 2010 Annual Report 17
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