The first full week of June is “Speed Week," according to a press release from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office, with focuses on speeding, work zone infractions and targeting violations of the state’s “Move Over Law." According to data from the governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, speed is a contributing factor in 30% of all traffic fatalities.

Speed Week will run from June 3-9 with troopers using both marked and unmarked police vehicles to ramp up their enforcement. The State Police superintendent said in a statement that “troopers will be highly visible during this traffic enforcement period and throughout the peak summer driving period.”

According to data from UAlbany’s Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, nearly 12,000 New Yorkers were injured in speed-related crashes while 345 people died.

During 2023’s Speed Week campaign, state troopers wrote nearly 21,000 tickets with 10,478 being written for speeding, 375 for violations of the “Move Over Law” and 172 for drunk and impaired driving.

The state’s “Move Over Law” was expanded earlier this year to include all vehicles that are stopped on the side of the road whether it is a first responder or a personal vehicle.

Speeding fines for a first time offender can range from $45 for going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit to $600 for violating the speed limit by more than 30 mph.