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State Police Issue Nearly 21,000 Tickets Statewide During
‘Speed Week’ Crackdown
Published: June 23, 2023 at
09:30 a.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police (June
22, 2023)
State Police issue
nearly 21,000 tickets during ‘Speed Week’ crackdown
22
June 2023
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Vincent T. Lightcap
Troop D Commander
PRESS RELEASE
The New York State Police today announced that Troopers
issued 20, 952 total traffic tickets during the special “Speed Week”
traffic enforcement campaign. “Speed Week,” which was conducted from
Monday, June 12, 2023, to Sunday, June 18, 2023, targeted speeding and other unsafe driving behaviors, including
distracted driving and violations of the Move Over Law.
Troopers issued 10,478 tickets for speeding, 516 for
distracted driving, 375 for Move Over law violations, and arrested 172
people for drunk and impaired driving. State Police also responded to 175
personal injury crashes, including two fatal crashes.
During the June 2022 Speed Week detail, State Police
issued 22,333 total tickets, including 11,566 for speeding.
As part of this enforcement detail, Troopers targeted
speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Troopers watched
for impaired and distracted drivers, vehicle occupants who were not
properly buckled up, and drivers who violated the Move Over law, which
requires motorists to exercise extreme caution when passing emergency
vehicles that are stopped in or on the side of the road.
The State Police supplemented regular patrols statewide,
including the use of Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement (CITE) patrol
vehicles to better locate drivers talking or texting on hand
held devices. These unmarked vehicles blend in with everyday traffic
but are unmistakable as emergency vehicles once the emergency lighting is
activated.
Here are the results of the campaign, broken down by
Troop:
|
Troop
|
Region
|
Speed
|
DWI Arrests
(# of persons)
|
Distracted Driving
|
Child Restraint/
Seat Belt
|
Move Over
|
Total
Tickets
(includes other violations)
|
|
A
|
Western NY
|
907
|
14
|
35
|
100
|
16
|
1,857
|
|
B
|
North Country
|
303
|
7
|
7
|
38
|
15
|
893
|
|
C
|
Southern Tier
|
927
|
10
|
16
|
83
|
41
|
1,567
|
|
D
|
Central NY
|
1,176
|
20
|
55
|
153
|
64
|
2,290
|
|
E
|
Finger Lakes
|
901
|
11
|
27
|
109
|
12
|
1,892
|
|
F
|
Upper Hudson Valley
|
940
|
31
|
25
|
106
|
60
|
1,891
|
|
G
|
Capital Region
|
821
|
13
|
27
|
105
|
36
|
1,484
|
|
K
|
Lower Hudson Valley
|
2,387
|
28
|
50
|
114
|
84
|
3,468
|
|
L
|
Long Island
|
420
|
21
|
142
|
84
|
11
|
1,591
|
|
NYC
|
New York City
|
477
|
0
|
60
|
47
|
1
|
1,469
|
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T
|
NYS Thruway
|
1,219
|
17
|
72
|
120
|
35
|
2,550
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