![NYS Police Revving Up Patrols for Impaired Drivers This Week](https://townsquare.media/site/757/files/2018/02/ThinkstockPhotos-900894072.jpg?w=980&q=75)
NYS Police Revving Up Patrols for Impaired Drivers This Week
Police agencies in Central New York are stepping up patrols as part of the nationwide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign.
Governor Cuomo announced that New York State Police and law enforcement agencies statewide will be ramping up enforcement of impaired driving from Wednesday, August 19 through Labor Day, Monday, September 7. The STOP-DWI “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign is designed to reduce alcohol and other drug-related traffic crashes.
![KISS 104.1 logo](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WWYLFM.png?w=100)
You should never drive impaired. As part of this campaign, police agencies will step up patrols and checkpoints, as well as incorporate messages on the NYS Thruway signs. In addition to popular ride share apps like Uber and Lyft, NYS has developed the "Have a Plan" app - which enables drivers to locate and call a taxi service, program a designated-driver list, learn about Blood Alcohol Content levels as well as DWI laws and penalties or even report a suspected impaired driver.
During the 2019 enforcement campaign, law enforcement throughout the state issued 4,995 tickets for impaired driving and 170,378 tickets for other vehicle and traffic law violations.
See the Must-Drive Roads in Every State
More From KISS 104.1
![Law Would Force Drunk Drivers To Pay Support For Victim’s Children, Should New York Follow Suit?](http://townsquare.media/site/497/files/2022/04/attachment-Drunk-Driving.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Binghamton Woman Charged After Hitting Patrol Car on Court Street](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2022/02/attachment-2022.02.24-CRASH-F.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Dickinson Woman Charged After Fleeing Head-on Crash](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2021/10/attachment-2021.10.26-BROOME-SHERIFF-FILE-e1635272046216.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Head-on UTV Crash in Susquehanna County Sends 3 to Hospitals](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2021/05/2014.07.07-AMBULANCE-e1421779746707.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Dive Teams Investigate Submerged Vehicle in Susquehanna Co.](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2021/08/attachment-pa-state-police-car-door.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Endicott Man Accused of Drunk Driving at 4X the Legal Limit](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2014/06/beer-drunk-driving-e1597413879681.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Heartbreaking Tale of Five New York Boys Lost Too Soon in an Avoidable Accident](http://townsquare.media/site/498/files/2021/05/adrianna-geo-JWlZS708L1Y-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Tioga County Sheriff’s Launch Holiday DWI Patrols](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2014/12/Beer-from-Getty-iMAGES.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Endicott Man Arrested for DWI Twice in Three-Hour Period](http://townsquare.media/site/499/files/2014/02/2014.02.17-GAVEL-ALCOHOL-KEYS.jpg?w=980&q=75)