Police In NY Issued More Than 25,000 Tickets During Speed Week

Police around New York State crackdown on speeding during speed week and gave out over 25,000 tickets. The Speed Week traffic enforcement campaign took place throughout the state from August 15, 2022, to Sunday, August 21, 2022. A total of 25,199 tickets were issued. Police targeted speeding, distracted driving, and violations of the Move Over Law,

Move Over law requires motorists to exercise extreme caution when passing emergency vehicles that are stopped in or on the side of the road.

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Police were also targeting aggressive drivers, impaired drivers, and violations of seatbelt laws. The operation utilized regular patrols and Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement patrol vehicles aka unmarked police cars.

The number of tickets issued was actually significantly less than 2021's Speed Week, where State Police issued 32,922 total tickets. Last year's Speed Week was 9 days, compared to this year's 7 days. While the total number of tickets issued was less, police gave out more tickets per day this year,

518 tickets were issued per day in 2021 compared to 631 tickets issued per day in 2022.

Here's The Breakdown Of Tickets Per Infraction

Speeding - 14,008

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Distracted Driving - 531

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Move Over Law Violations - 476

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Drunk And Impaired Driving - 214

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Accidents - 206 (Including 5 Fatalities)

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Troop	Region	Speed	DWI Arrests(# of persons)	Distracted Driving	Child Restraint/Seat Belt	Move Over	TotalTickets (includes other violations)
A	Western NY	1,331	18	42	84	7	2,367
B	North Country	466	7	16	22	15	1,142
C	Southern Tier	1,491	10	23	57	108	2,296
D	Central NY	1,086	10	44	67	22	2,089
E	Finger Lakes	1,064	21	48	92	17	2,080
F	Upper Hudson Valley	1,603	51	53	90	62	2,920
G	Capital Region	1,394	25	30	36	69	2,205
K	Lower Hudson Valley	2,495	32	23	99	53	3,550
L	Long Island	758	18	85	79	12	1,879
NYC	New York City	397	6	80	52	1	1,246
T	NYS Thruway	1,923	16	87	108	110	3,425