State Police: More Than 38,300 Tickets Issued During “Click It Or Ticket” Campaign

NEW YORK — State Police announced this week that it issued a total of 38,363 tickets statewide during the National “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign, including just over 3,000 in the Capital Region alone. 

The special enforcement period began on Monday, May 22, 2023, and ran through Sunday, June 4, 2023.

During the campaign, partially funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and ticketed suspected distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.

Troopers arrested 399 people for DWI and investigated 2,436 crashes, including 410 personal injury crashes and two fatal crashes.

As part of the enforcement, Troopers targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. A sampling of the total tickets issued include:  Speeding- 10,654; Distracted Driving - 1,334; Seatbelt violations - 8,473; Move Over Law- 337. 

The New York Move Over Law requires drivers to be extra cautious when approaching an emergency or hazard vehicle that is stopped on the side of the road with its emergency lights on. Drivers are expected to move one full lane away from the stopped vehicle. 

During last year’s “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign (May 23, 2022 - June 5, 2022), New York State Police issued 40,038 total tickets and arrested 441 people for DWI.