Lexington Police are renewing efforts to crack down on speeders and other drivers who violate traffic laws on the city's busiest roads.

"We see the pain that bad driving causes," Sgt. Franklin Patrick said. "We want to educate the public to that risk."

Patrick and his traffic unit Wednesday pulled over six speeders during 30 minutes on a stretch of New Circle Road.

"Some of the speeds out here are extremely reckless," Patrick said.

Officers are trying to combat what they said is a growing number of crashes.

Lexington Police are increasing patrols on some of the most heavily-traveled roads, including New Circle Road, Richmond Road, Versailles Road and Paris Pike.

"These areas see a big increase during our commuter hours, our special event hours," Patrick said. "These are the roads people use to commute in and out of Lexington."

Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 13, Lexington Police issued 164 speeding tickets on one stretch of New Circle Road.

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Original story from 2/14/17

If you think you have seen more police officers out on New Circle Road lately - you probably have.

Lexington Police tell us that after getting a complaint about speeding on New Circle, they have officers in the area conducting traffic stops. Last week, police also had radar speed signs along the highway.

Many drivers WKYT's Garrett Wymer talked to on Tuesday evening said they are glad police are cracking down on speeders.

Others, though, said they feel the need to drive over the speed limit so they can keep with the flow of traffic.

One driver said speeding is a problem, and having so many cars crowding Lexington roads makes all that even worse.

"There's just a lot of traffic at the same time," said Nevalee Looney. "If they could address that issue or increase the traffic flow somehow - make it work a little bit different, add some more lanes, do something to address it."