Steve Eldridge: Smooth operator gearing up to soothe aggressive drivers

Aggressive driving is something that can have an impact on a lot of people. In fact, in one-third of all highway fatalities, aggressive driving can be cited as a contributing factor. Maryland State Police are gearing up for the next wave of the Smooth Operator program in an effort to get aggressive drivers off the roads and make things safer for the rest of us. I?m not sure how they come up with this number, but organizers of the program say that crashesinvolving aggressive driving cost society $76,865 a minute.

Smooth Operator has been around since 1997 and has focused a good deal of attention on this problem.