Wednesday Is Speed Awareness Day

About 100 law enforcement agencies, including the Wisconsin State Patrol and Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office, will join officers from 11 states across the Midwest to step up patrols for Speed Enforcement Day today.

The campaign is a 24-hour, high-visibility enforcement effort involving state, county and local law enforcement agencies. The Wisconsin State Patrol will have all available officers working statewide
to stop drivers who are speeding and endangering safety on the roads.

The Department of Transportation says the goal of Speed Awareness Day is to educate the community on the dangers of speeding and save lives. Traffic crashes are more harmful when they involve high speeds. In 2022, 162 people were killed in Wisconsin and more than 6,500 were hurt in speed-related crashes.

The number of 100+ mph citations issued by State Patrol rose sharply in 2020 from 583 citations in 2019 to 1,403 citations in 2020. State Patrol officers issued 1,159 100+ mph citations in 2022.