IF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAY INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40, ANYWHERE ALONG IT'S ROUTE, THEN WATCH YOUR SPEED. NEW MEXICO IS AMONG A GROUP OF STATES THAT WILL RAMP UP IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE ALONG THE HIGHWAY. STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS SAYS THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE "I-40 CHALLENGE" IN 2013.
HE SAYS THEY WROTE ABOUT 640 CITATIONS LAST YEAR. THEY ALSO INVESTIGATED FIVE CRASHES AND ARRESTED FIVE DRUNK DRIVERS.
THE PLANS CALL FOR STATE POLICE AND OTHERS TO HAVE UNITS STATIONED EVERY 20 MILES ALONG I-40 ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY.
