Members of the St. Mary's County
Sheriff's Office Lexington Park COPs Unit and Traffic Safety Unit will be
conducting traffic enforcement at Gate 1 and Gate 2 at Naval Air Station
Patuxent River, Maryland. This enforcement effort is in response to two primary
concerns.
First, deputies will be looking for
vehicles blocking the intersection and the northbound lanes of travel on Route
235. Drivers blocking the intersection while attempting to turn into the base
from the southbound lanes of Route 235 or while crossing the intersection from
Route 246 will be cited. Maryland Traffic
Law Article 21-1003 states: "A person may not stop, stand, or park a
vehicle in an intersection." This violation is a $70
FINE AND 0 POINTS.
Second, deputies will be looking for
motorists traveling southbound on Route 235 and performing an illegal U-Turn
just south of Gate 2 to enter Gate 2 from
the northbound lanes of Route 235. Maryland Traffic Law Article 21-201 states:
"The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any traffic
control device." in this case, the No U-Turn sign being the traffic
control device. This violation is a $90 FINE AND 1
POINT.
Deputies will be conducting traffic enforcement at various
times over a period of several days. Sheriff Tim Cameron and the men and women
of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office ask you to do your part and obey all
traffic laws. We are enforcing a ZERO
TOLERANCE OPERATION, and ALL VIOLATORS will be
ticketed. These violations cause an inconvenience and unnecessary delay
to travelers on Route 235 not entering NAS Patuxent River, but more importantly—they
create a serious public safety issue.
