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State Police Announce Start of the 2025 Speed
Week-Move Over Traffic Enforcement Campaign
Published: June 10, 2025 at
10:30 a.m.
By: Press Release
from New York State Police
State Police announce start of the 2025 Speed
Week-Move Over traffic enforcement campaign
The New York
State Police will target speeding and aggressive drivers during a special
weeklong traffic enforcement initiative. This year’s “Speed Week”
enforcement campaign starts Monday, June 9, 2025, and runs through Sunday,
June 15, 2025. Troopers will also actively patrol highways and will target
drivers who violate New York’s “Move Over” Law.
Speeding is
listed as a contributing factor in nearly one third of all fatal crashes in
New York State. According to the Institute for Traffic Safety
Management and Research (ITSMR) at the University at Albany, in 2023,
307 fatal crashes were reported, and 11,631 personal injury crashes
occurred in New York State that were speed related.
During this
“Speed Week” enforcement period, Troopers will be using both marked State
Police vehicles and Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement (CITE) vehicles
as part of the operation. The CITE vehicles allow Troopers to more easily
identify motorists who are violating laws while driving. These vehicles
blend in with everyday traffic but are unmistakable as emergency vehicles
once the emergency lighting is activated.
Speeding by all
vehicle types, as well as other traffic violations, will be heavily
enforced throughout the week in addition to normal year-round
enforcement. Troopers will also be watching for other traffic
violations, including distracted or impaired drivers, vehicle occupants who
are not properly buckled up, and drivers that are violating New York’s Move
Over law.
During the June
2024 Speed Week campaign, which ran from Monday June 3, 2024, through
Sunday, June 9, 2024, State Troopers issued 22,476 total traffic tickets,
including 11,175 for speeding and 592 for violations of the Move Over law.
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