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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
6/29/2023
Contact: Motor Vehicle Administration
Office of Media Relations
Anna Levendusky, 410-787-4077

Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend, Motor Vehicle Administration and Law Enforcement Officials Warn of Risks and Consequences of Impaired Driving


WHAT:         The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration will join law enforcement officials to remind motorists traveling over the Fourth of July weekend to plan ahead for a safe and sober ride home. The Maryland State Police elite State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort – or SPIDRE – team, along with other local enforcement agencies, will be out in force taking impaired drivers off the road.

WHEN:         Thursday, June 29, 202311 a.m.

WHERE:MDOT MVA Glen Burnie Headquarters, Ritchie Highway Entrance6601 Ritchie Highway, N.E.Glen Burnie, Maryland 21062

WHO:            Chrissy Nizer, Motor Vehicle Administrator and Governor Moore’s Highway Safety RepresentativeMajor Daniel Pickett, Acting Chief, Maryland State Police Field Operations BureauOfficer Scott Krell, Maryland Transportation Authority Police who was struck by an impaired driver

WHY:            Impaired driving is 100% preventable. However, over the past five years in Maryland, nearly 800 people have been killed and 15,300 have been injured in crashes involving an impaired driver. Police reports show increased speed, instances of impairment and lower seat belt use as the most common contributing factors in motor vehicle fatalities. Learn more about the Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office at ZeroDeathsMD.gov or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @ZeroDeathsMD.

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