The New York State Police release results of Super Bowl Weekend STOP-DWI campaign
The New York State Police today announced that it issued 9,978 tickets during the 2022 Super Bowl STOP-DWI traffic enforcement initiative.
The campaign began on Friday, February 11, 2022, and continued through Monday, February 14, 2022.
During the campaign, which was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, the New York State Police increased patrols and conducted sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify and arrest impaired drivers.
State Troopers arrested 180 people for DWI and investigated 529 accidents, which resulted in 64 people injured, but no fatalities.
As part of the enforcement, Troopers also targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.
Speeding 3,143
Distracted Driving 242
Seatbelt violations 307
Move Over Law 55
During last year’s Super Bowl enforcement State Police issued 8,923 tickets and arrested 140 people for DWI.
The results of the campaign broken down by Troop:
| Troop | Region | DWI Arrests(# of persons) | Speed | Distracted Driving | Child Restraint/Seat Belt | Move Over | TotalTickets(Includes other violations) |
| A | Western NY | 8 | 164 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 668 |
| B | North Country | 6 | 127 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 533 |
| C | Southern Tier | 9 | 303 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 818 |
| D | Central NY | 18 | 271 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 1,166 |
| E | Finger Lakes | 14 | 212 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 842 |
| F | Upper Hudson Valley | 43 | 316 | 42 | 38 | 17 | 1,057 |
| G | Capital Region | 14 | 373 | 39 | 30 | 2 | 1,118 |
| K | Lower Hudson Valley | 37 | 513 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 1,126 |
| L | Long Island | 16 | 197 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 731 |
| NYC | New York City | 4 | 68 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 475 |
| T | NYS Thruway | 11 | 599 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 1,444 |
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