Published: Nov. 1, 2024 at 6:28 PM EDT |Updated: 7 hours ago EAST LYME, Conn. (WFSB) - State police are cracking down on aggressive and speeding drivers putting everyone at risk. For Trooper First Class Michael Buck, some of the speeds are unbelievable. “Listen, there’s a little bit of an issue here. You were doing 98 back in that work zone there before we caught up to you,” Trooper Buck told one driver. The driver passed 3 different speed limit signs that say 50mph in a well-marked construction zone. Construction on I-95 in East Lyme is ramping up. The road is narrow and the work is heavy. “It’s unprecedented numbers. People are being extra reckless and we are just trying to curb it,” Burk said. Deadly crashes and reckless drivers are up in CT. A reckless driver is someone going 85 MPH or more. Reckless driving, if caught, is expensive, especially in a construction zone. “Things happen in the blink of an eye in a construction zone. They’re using heavy equipment. They’re driving personal and construction job vehicles in and out of the patterns. Arms from cranes are swinging,” said Buck. Buck is part of the twelve-person aggressive driving unit. Their number one task is patrolling highways like I-95. “For me, making a death notification is the hardest thing that I do as a trooper,” he said. Troopers use new radars with video playback to stop drivers and teach a lesson. “We want to encourage a culture of safe driving, not just in work zones, but in the state of Connecticut as a whole,” Buck said. The speed limit on this stretch of I-95 is 50 mph only during construction. Once everything is wrapped up, it will revert back to 65 mph. Copyright 2024 WFSB. All rights reserved. Most Read