As you might expect when drivers are allowed to offend with impunity, the number of crashes increased over that time. On the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, crashes were up 27% in August 2023 over August 2022, while tickets for speeding dropped from 2,066 to 437, the New York Times reported. The ticket slowdown doesn’t appear to be an accident — more like a temper tantrum thrown by State Troopers over being told not to be so racist anymore.