New York troopers write 376 tickets in two-day Taconic parkway blitz
State police targeted commercial vehicles on the truck-restricted Taconic State Parkway on Sept. 30–Oct. 1 — 198 tickets for running the parkway itself, and 4 drivers plus 5 trucks put out of service.
Summarized from Overdrive.
The New York State Police ran a two-day Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Detail on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Columbia counties, issuing 376 Uniform Traffic Tickets on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, according to Overdrive on Oct. 6.
The tickets broke down as 198 for commercial vehicles operating on the parkway system, 78 for vehicles displaying commercial signage or insignia on the parkway, and 100 for other New York Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. Troopers also completed 19 commercial vehicle inspections, finding 63 violations and placing 4 drivers and 5 trucks out of service.
NYSP issued a reminder that tractor-trailers, commercially signed vehicles, and vehicles towing trailers are prohibited from operating on New York parkways. Notably, New York is not known for traffic-enforcement focus: it ranks No. 41 among the continental U.S. states in Overdrive and RigDig's annual analysis, with moving violations making up just 4.2% of all violations written in 2025, well below the nearly 7% national average.
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