INTERVIEW – Frederick County DELEGATE WILLIAM FOLDEN — a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 3B. He was first elected to the chamber in 2014.

• Drive slow in the left lane? Md. considering a crackdown. The bill introduced by Frederick County Del. William Folden has cleared the Maryland House of Delegates, and now awaits a vote in the Senate. If passed, it would only affect numbered highways with at least three lanes going in the same direction, and a speed limit of at least 55 mph. That would include the beltway, Route 50, and Interstate 270. But it would not apply during rush hour or any other time traffic is bottling up, or if that driver was about to turn or exit from the left lane. Folden tells The Washington Post it’s about easing up some of the bottlenecks that occur on the roads when one person stifles the flow of traffic around them. He also argues it would reduce incidents of road rage and aggressive driving, since fewer drivers would be weaving in and out of other lanes so they could pass on the right.
• BIO BACKGROUND: Deputy Sheriff, Frederick County, 1994-2011. Police officer, Frederick, Maryland, 2011-14. Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, April 5, 1972. Frederick Community College, A.A. (criminal justice); School of Police Staff and Command, Northwestern University. Served in U.S. Army (military police corps, infantry sniper). Member, Francis Scott Key Lodge no. 91, Fraternal Order of Police (president, 2002-06)