NYS/New York State Police arrested 183 people for impaired driving over the Thanksgiving holiday

PRESS RELEASE 

The New York State Police today announced that it issued a total of 12,975 tickets statewide during this year’s special Thanksgiving holiday traffic enforcement period.

The Thanksgiving enforcement period began on Wednesday, November 24 and continued through Sunday, November 28, 2021.

During the campaign, which was 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 183 people for DWI and investigated 1,041 crashes, including one fatal crash.

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                     4,609

Distracted Driving           440

Seatbelt violations       1,526

Move Over Law              119

During the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday enforcement campaign, the State Police issued 13,887 total tickets and arrested 155 people for DWI.

The results of the campaign broken down by Troop:

TroopRegionSpeedDWI Arrests(# of persons)Distracted DrivingChild Restraint/Seat BeltMove OverTotalTickets(includes other violations)
AWestern NY333121216321,136
BNorth Country19411267512 846
CSouthern Tier2884162189 930
DCentral NY386191911791,207
EFinger Lakes3931946171101,381
FUpper Hudson Valley7394542218261,715
GCapital Region40391812391,025
KLower Hudson Valley771285580111,521
LLong Island2602439896 879
NYCNew York City630271101 592
TNYS Thruway7791240162241,743

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