Speed Awareness Week Nets Over 20,000 Tickets

Mindy Cohn

New York State Troopers cracked down on speeding from June 12-18, known as Speed Week, writing 20,952 tickets throughout the State of New York. 

Speed Week targets speeding and other unsafe driving behaviors, including distracted driving and Move Over Law violations. Troopers issued 10,478 speeding tickets, 576 distracted driving tickets, and 172 drunk driving tickets. 

The total number of tickets is slightly lower this year than last year. During the June 2022 Speed Week detail, State Police issued 22,333 total tickets, including 11,566 for Speeding.

According to the New York State Police Press release, Lower Hudson Valley received 2,387 speeding tickets, the highest number in the State. The area also received the highest number of Move Over tickets, at 84 tickets total. See more on the agency's press release here https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-issue-nearly-21000-tickets-during-speed-week-crackdown.htm.  

The Governor's Traffic Safety Committee writes, "Speeding endangers not only the life of the speeder, but all people on the road around them. Proactive, equitable law enforcement is a primary weapon in curbing this deadly behavior."

There will be a second Speed Awareness Week beginning Monday, August 14.