PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. — A new Maryland law will significantly raise fines for speed camera violations along Maryland Route 210 in Prince George’s County, where more than 1,100 repeat offenders were recorded in just four months — including one driver who received more than 60 citations. Later this year, speeding fines will rise to as much as $425, replacing the current flat $40 ticket.
House Bill 349, passed during the 2025 legislative session, creates a tiered penalty structure based on how fast a driver is going over the posted speed limit when detected by an automated camera:
- $425 for 40 mph or more over the limit
- $230 for 30–39 mph
- $120 for 20–29 mph
- $70 for 16–19 mph
- $40 for 12–15 mph
The new fines apply only to violations caught by speed monitoring systems on Route 210. They do not affect citations issued directly by police officers.
The bill was introduced after ongoing safety concerns on the corridor. According to testimony from Prince George’s County police Capt. David Coleman, the highway carries about 80,000 vehicles per day and has seen 29 fatal crashes since 2019, including 16 involving pedestrians. Despite joint enforcement with Maryland State Police, the stretch averages five traffic deaths per year.
Coleman also noted that from August to December 2024, 905 drivers received five or more tickets from speed cameras. “This shows the need for better deterrence to modify behavior,” he told lawmakers.
In one of the most extreme cases in recent years, a driver was recorded traveling more than 170 mph — more than three times the posted speed limit.
Nineteen witnesses testified in support of the bill during a February hearing, including police officials, county leaders and community advocates who called for stronger enforcement to improve safety.
The bill also repeals a 2028 sunset provision, making the Route 210 speed camera program permanent unless changed by future legislation.
Drivers who receive a citation may pay the fine without appearing in court unless they choose to contest it.
The new fine structure takes effect Oct. 1, 2025.
For more information, visit mgaleg.maryland.gov.
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I hope it has a good impact on the problem. Nothing else seems to, not even the number of lost lives seems to matter to the offenders.
Idiots out there let’s raise them to a thousand dollars
I grew up in Oxon Hill, Maryland, PG County which is very near route 210❗I am now 81 years old and I can remember a time from the very creation of that road, it was called, “DEATH highway” ‼️Mainly because it was, and still is a “straight stretch” of concrete which teenagers at that time just loved to SPEED or “DRAG RACE” on❗I remember some of the young men who did get killed by speeding or killed someone else due to their speeding❗It was dangerous then and it has never changed, because of the straight line of concrete that is very easy to speech on.
It’s sad, because the road was designed wrong and people have been dying on it for as long as I have been alive‼️
I travel 210 daily and speed is definitely an issue. It’s nothing to see vehicles traveling 80-100 mph at 4am. The next thing they need to crack down on is the red light runners and the ones that use the turn lanes and cut back into traffic.
Won’t stop them. Maybe you should start locking up the dangerous idiots for a long period of time.
one driver who received more than 60 citations??? So why is he driving why isn’t he in jail?Why haven’t the police impounded his car? it seems that the new fine will accomplish nothing since the previous fines did nothing to deter these repeat offenders!