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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the theory behind Woodglen and Executive Blvd that it connects the trolley trail to Whole Foods and the Aquatic Center?  That makes some sense, although I think there's already a bike lane with the white plastic blockers there, isn't there?

I really wish they would just enforce the current laws.  I often walk my dog on Old Georgetown at night, and there are regularly people drive at least 20 miles over the speed limit (maybe significantly more).  I've seen a couple in those cars that make really loud engine revving noises (the kind where they modify the car to make it super loud) and wondered if they were drag racing because they were accelerating so quickly.   There are often kids, families, etc. walking, jogging  or biking along Old Georgetown Road, and it drives me nuts to see that.[/quote]

I think the theory behind Woodglen and Executive is that there are lots of people walking around there. Same with Germantown Town Center. You would really have no business driving faster than 20 mph there, even if the legal speed limit were higher.

[b]Drag-racing is definitely a problem all over the county on the big wide arterials[/b]. Most of those roads are state roads, though. The problem with police enforcement is that you could have half of the county police out there, pulling people over and writing citations, and as soon as they stopped doing that, the terrible driving would resume.

The bike lanes on Executive are actually protected with concrete, which is really great, and I wish they had more of that all over the county.[/quote]
Are you suggesting that we have Fast and Furious drag races all over the county?[/quote]

The Maryland State Police are concerned about drag racing. What do you know that they don't?

https://news.maryland.gov/msp/2021/04/21/police-continue-efforts-to-combat-street-racing-and-excessive-exhaust-noise-in-montgomery-county/[/quote]
You said it’s “all over the county” but the link suggests that the problem is isolated only on 355 between Rockville and Gaithersburg.

So thanks for the link, I didn’t know that. But also, you were exaggerating. [/quote]

Consider getting out more. Yes, it's a problem everywhere in the county.[/quote]
Wow, what’s wrong with you? You clearly are exaggerating. No need to get all angry too. [/quote]

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