More than 1200 tickets are issued so far from “Operation Hardhat”, an initiative between State Police, the Department of Transportation and the Thruway Authority, to crack down on work zone violations and highlight the importance of safe driving when encountering construction, maintenance and emergency operations along state highways. That’s already more tickets than in all of 2019. Troopers dress as road workers and embed in project zones to catch violators.

 

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