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BaltimoreBadger23 t1_j3cxphh wrote

Hopefully one was arrested and will be charged with an offer of reducing the charge if he identifies the other driver.

The speed cameras on 83 in Baltimore city have really helped cut down the drag racing on that section of Highway. I would love to see more of that around the area. 29 and 795 are good candidates for expanding that.

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whatever7131 t1_j3d9imu wrote

Yes, as much as I hate that I've gotten two of the speed camera tickets (this was when they were new and I wasn't aware of them, and was just keeping up with traffic) they honestly have cut down on the racing. I don't feel like I might die on that stretch of 83 anymore.

ITA with 29 and especially 795, the racing up and down is awful.

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FrankieHellis t1_j3dcewp wrote

Over by the State Park/Landing Road area you can hear them at night on (I guess) 100. As I lay in bed listening to them, I wonder how there can be no cops around. Then I learned the cops don’t typically engage them because they would get into a high speed chase, thereby putting people at risk. I am a big proponent of privacy, but I am all for cameras if they help stop this dangerous crap.

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CookieMonster932 t1_j3hfds2 wrote

Speed cameras are a great idea. Cuts down on dangerous stuff like this and also brings in county money. Win win.

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tacitus59 t1_j3hhn6i wrote

As long as its set up properly - where things like your car was stolen is taken in consideration and its not run like the crooks in easy pass run stuff. And it has a reasonable appeal process.

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lyss9876 t1_j3dufj9 wrote

I hope the people in the SUV are OK.

Had three cars pass me on 32 last night around 930, clearly racing, doing at least 110 given how fast they passed me. From your description, either they were the same ones and went to 29 next, or there are just a lot street racers in this area.

Also "moron speeds" is an entirely accurate description. IDGAF about normal speeding, until you hit moron speeds.

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Anonymanx t1_j3diud0 wrote

There is a small house on my court that is rented and occupied by at least 12 people (all affiliated with a landscape company - logos on some trucks). They have enough cars to clog up the entire court, including a few that are definitely street racers (none that match your descriptions - Toyota/Scion things here). All of the street racers are slammed, straight-piped (or outfitted with fartcans), and riding on stretched tires. They do donuts around the grass circle in the court like they’re winding up and then blast down our 6-houses-long court at ridiculous speeds; we can hear them racing up and down Oakland Mills Rd.

I do not like these neighbors. I will admit to some schadenfreude when I saw copious amounts of white smoke billowing from one of the cars (hood and tailpipe!) while they were “tuning” it recently…

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bigjd7 t1_j3foopb wrote

Looks like I’m not the only one. 12am revers

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corranhorn6565 t1_j3fdvtc wrote

But honestly Maryland as a state needs to really crack down on aggressive driving on every major highway.

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MinimumAnalysis5378 t1_j3f0go7 wrote

I got stuck on 29 North last night because it was closed completely following that accident and everyone had to exit at St John’s Lane. Thanks for filling us in on what happened! I’m glad the victims are okay.

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GingerMan027 t1_j3ghqhf wrote

There is no traffic enforcement anywhere these days. It gives folks license to speed and ignore all traffic laws. Used to be a speed trap on 29 almost daily, north above the 100 interchange often, and south just below the rise in the road around 175. I never see it any more.

I never see any police on the roads anywhere. Since the pandemic it seems to have stopped.

Try driving in Baltimore it gets even crazier.

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SpecialistFeeling220 t1_j3ektp5 wrote

Yeah, I used to work overnight at the food lion right off exit 12, when it was open 27/7 and I’d hear people race all the time. Sometimes they’d stop in and our lot would be full of muscle cars. Cops didn’t seem to care.

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tacitus59 t1_j3gvfac wrote

I am sure they will carefully hide the identity of the one POS they caught. He will probably get a slap on the wrist (like the POS who did donuts on the bay bridge), instead of attempted murder. And I bet he gets his car back and it barely affect his license; if he has insurance it will go up ... but BFD.

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udelkitty t1_j3h85nm wrote

Around that time we were at 40 and Bethany lane when 2 idiots decided they needed to drag race off the light going west on 40. Mustang beat the suv, but we were waiting for them to cause something stupid.

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