State police and their law enforcement counterparts in Canada will be focusing on crash-causing traffic violations as they cooperate to improve road safety on both sides of the border during Easter weekend.

Meanwhile U.S. Customs and Border Protection are advising travelers about ways to speed their transit across the U.S.-Canada border.

Law enforcement agencies in New York, Ontario, and Quebec will be conducting extensive traffic enforcement initiatives all along the U.S.-Canada border in order to promote safe driving behaviors.

The “Safety Without Borders Initiative” was developed last year to improve safety in the border regions during holiday weekends which experience high traffic volume. Four major holiday weekends were targeted last year: Easter, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. Not a single traffic fatality was investigated by the agencies in the border regions on either side of the border during any of the periods of enforcement.

Troopers and police officers on each side of the border will focus on crash-causing violations, especially speeding, phone use, texting, and impaired driving, as well as failure to wear safety restraints, which increases the severity of injuries sustained in crashes.

During the Safety Without Borders effort last April, more than 1,100 tickets were issued during a single day.

Commercial vehicles will also be subject to heightened inspection activity to ensure that vehicles entering the respective countries are in proper working order.

Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations reminds travelers planning cross-border trips this holiday weekend to make sure they have the proper documents and to plan for a possible increase in traffic.

All travelers, including U.S. and Canadian citizens, need to present an approved travel document to enter the U.S. by land and sea. These documents include a valid passport, U.S. passport card, Trusted Traveler card (NEXUS, SENTRI or FAST) or an enhanced driver’s license. Children under the age of 16 can present an original or copy of their birth certificate.

People can visit the WHTI Web site for additional information: getyouhome.gov.