LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A CRACKDOWN ON SPEEDERS ALONG I-25 BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO. STATE POLICE MAJOR DARREN SOLAND SAYS PEOPLE ARE REALLY LEANING ON THEIR GAS PEDALS OUT THERE. HE SAYS BASED ON THE TICKETS ISSUED, MOST ARE DRIVING 80 AND 90 MILES AN HOUR ... 10 TO 20 MILES OVER THE 70 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.

SOLAND SAYS THE SPEEDERS REALLY BEGAN TO SHOW UP ONCE THAT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WAS INCREASED TO THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. OVER 100 SPEEDING CITATIONS WERE HANDED OUT OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD IN JANUARY.