From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:
During the 2016 session of the Maryland General Assembly Sheriff Gahler worked with Harford County Delegates Andrew Cassilly and Mary Ann Lisanti and Senator Wayne Norman to introduce legislation requiring new drivers to receive instruction on how to respond if stopped by the police while operating a motor vehicle. Realizing the importance of topic, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office worked on four short educational videos intended to be practical examples of the proposal.
“Today, I have sent copies of the educational videos to all Drivers Education Schools in Harford County, with the hope that they find these videos useful as an instructional tool.” Gahler said
Working with the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, a code change was determined to be the best avenue available to accomplish the objective of providing an important safety message to our newest drivers. As of January 1, 2017, the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), 11.23.02 – Driver’s Education Curriculum, will be updated to include a requirement that students of driver’s education programs in Maryland be given guidance on the safest ways to interact with law enforcement officers when stopped while operating a motor vehicle.
“These videos are intended to be both informational tools for new drivers so they understand their rights and legal requirements when stopped and, also, to give these new drivers an understanding of the police officer’s perspective of a traffic stop.” Gahler said. In short, the videos are meant to allow for improved communications between police officers and the motoring public. Some of the information included in the videos are: the proper actions drivers should take during a traffic stop, what information the officer will request of the driver and or passengers, what to do when encountering a DWI checkpoint and what your rights are if an officer asks you to exit the vehicle.
Links to Traffic Stop Videos:
(Traffic Stop)
(Exiting Your Vehicle)
(Multiple Passengers)
(DUI Checkpoints)
The first video is pure comedy. Please Mr Black man diving, keep your hands on the wheel and stop looking for your registration because these are actions that my get you shot. An what are those inspection decals in the windshield? And lastly could someone help the narrator out with the pronunciation of Deputy.
It would appear those are Pennsylvania inspection tickets on the windshield. So the video claims to be a stop for no front tag but Pennsylvania doesn’t have front tags. One would think a Deputy would know this or is this just another driving while black, he has to be guilty of something stop.
Whom ever released this video should be immediately removed from their job for being an idiot but unfortunately it seems being an idiot is a job government requirement
It used to be registered in PA but had been switched over to Maryland, take a look again at the top of the registration card the operator grabs…yup Maryland, nice try though. This is a video meant to help future drivers, as in done for a good cause. Love the negativity, name calling dropping the idiot bomb. At least the videos are attempting to do something good, as cheesy as they are they may actually help.
You really must not be so bright, the PA inspection is 2016. Tell us all what you saw on the registration besides MVA.
I have to give them a little credit, at least they tried to blur the plate but it’s clearly a PA registered car.
@SMH Are you a complete dip___? They are portraying traffic stops. It’s not real nor meant to be, just educational. Nice job HCSO!
Lmao I literally drove past this in between takes, asked what was going on, the black guy driving in video one was volunteering he lives in another Maryland county, the tag displayed on the rear was MARYLAND, your seeing a bluured out MARYLAND tag, a lot of people in a given year switch states, registrations, etc, and on the video it shows a Maryland registration card, that’s the top of one of our cards, not a PA card that looks completely different. SMH you are so intelligent…lmao!!! Either your the idiot, or your just trolling
MD Tags. That car belongs to my neighbor, it has PA tags.
Tell me again who the idiot is.
Oh and I was just waiting for you to try again on the MVA registration card. Take a lose look at the color of that hand…. That is not the drivers hand unless he is a black man with Caucasian hands.
You should really stop digging it’s embarrassing for you.
MD tags is probably right. Brother paid the tax to get MD tags after paying for an inspection in PA…… then didn’t bother installing the front tag he received.
The only person dumber than MD Tags is the idiot who made and dispersed this video.
Bahaha SMH you need a better computer his hands are black, it’s Maryland tags, you have to either be trolling or maybe we aren’t talking about the same video, I’m referring to the one up top. That’s your neighbor huh, ask him where that video was filmed, because I know I drove past them you know when I saw the tag, the question is do you, I call BS on you my friend tell me where the top video was filmed, what road?
I think it’s pretty hard to articulate a violation for a passenger unless they’re driving the car, filming an illegal drag race, drinking a beer or smoking a blunt. Maybe a seat belt?
The multiple Mexican traffic stop is a hoot.
Just a guess but no one covered diversity training with the dip shits that made these videos.
Sweet Jesus if there is a lawyer that can fog a mirror in Harford county my bet is they are all downloading these videos.
What an embarrassment.
Depiddy
“The goal of a check point is to make drivers aware of the dangers of drinking and driving”
Because without a check point us dumb ass drivers have no clue drinking and driving is dangerous.
These videos are the product of bunch of delusional old white guys.
Deer god I hope no county tax dollars were spent on this.
Deer god = Bambi?
It’s really a damn shame there has to be “instructional videos” to show “new drivers” how to socially handle a “traffic stop.” Really?
I’d take a wild assed guess a lot more people than “new drivers” could watch this form of public service announcement.
I’m sure in the next decade or two kids will have to wear helmets on the playground.
Is this the crew from Reno 911?
Yet another attempt for Jeff the Failure Gahler to justify his position. He is almost as worthless as the female major he got rid of. First off your videos are telling people things that they by law aren’t required to do. But I guess you think you are above the law. You don’t have to roll your window down, or talk to the officer at a checkpoint. On a traffic stop are you telling females to get out of the car if and as soon as they get pulled over and are asked to do so. Very rarely do police ask someone to get out of their car, you would know that if you got out from behind the desk once and a while. What you are teaching sets up females for sexual assault by impersonaters. You should rethink your video. Just because you are on a personal mission to teach your daughter doesn’t mean you can make any video you want just to be in the spotlight. Do it right share videos that don’t put people in danger, protect everyone’s constitutional rights and are truly educational.
@Hanz,
To quote the end of the movie, “Happy Trails mutter fudder!”
I support the educational / instructional videos. They are not perfect , but I believe they can help new or low information drivers interact better with police during a traffic stop.
I teach my children how to act during a traffic stop (turn on interior lights, keep hands on steering wheel, etc) but I do not think everyone has this information.
No one likes traffic stops ( especially the police , due to the increased risks), but I think this will help reduce some problems and in general is worth watching.