The New York State Police today announced that it issued a total of 13,471 tickets statewide during the Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign.
The special enforcement period began on Friday, May 26, 2023, and ran through Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
During the campaign, which was partially funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and ticketed distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.
Troopers arrested 194 people for DWI and investigated 839 crashes, including 130 personal injury crashes. No fatal crashes were reported.
As part of the enforcement, Troopers targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.
Speeding 3,863
Distracted Driving 373
Seatbelt violations 3,029
Move Over Law 122
During last year’s Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign, which ran from Friday, May 27, 2022, through Tuesday, May 31, 2022, the State Police issued 13,896 total tickets and arrested 219 people for DWI.
Below is a breakdown of violations by troop:
| Troop | Region | Speed | DWI Arrests(# of persons) | Distracted Driving | Child Restraint/Seat Belt | Move Over | TotalTickets(includes other violations) |
| A | Western NY | 341 | 20 | 27 | 481 | 4 | 1,533 |
| B | North Country | 328 | 7 | 20 | 91 | 24 | 1,050 |
| C | Southern Tier | 363 | 6 | 14 | 353 | 13 | 1,116 |
| D | Central NY | 374 | 13 | 85 | 585 | 5 | 1,847 |
| E | Finger Lakes | 379 | 19 | 40 | 270 | 11 | 1,429 |
| F | Upper Hudson Valley | 432 | 25 | 37 | 275 | 8 | 1,211 |
| G | Capital Region | 285 | 19 | 21 | 249 | 11 | 987 |
| K | Lower Hudson Valley | 433 | 32 | 44 | 290 | 12 | 1,285 |
| L | Long Island | 172 | 30 | 24 | 57 | 2 | 693 |
| NYC | New York City | 66 | 2 | 4 | 143 | 0 | 506 |
| T | NYS Thruway | 690 | 21 | 57 | 235 | 32 | 1,814 |
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