Bill Would Add Suicide Prevention Information To Maryland Highway Signs

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The State Highway Administration would be authorized to post suicide prevention information on existing electronic highway signs under new legislation proposed in the Maryland Senate.
Senate bill 810, which is expected to be heard in the Finance Committee Wednesday, would authorize usage of the signs within a five-mile radius of high-risk suicide zones, such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher, D-Montgomery and the bill’s sponsor, told Capital News