Action News rides along with the CHP during their New Year's maximum enforcement weekend

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol has much officers connected the roadworthy during the vacation weekend.

CHP Officer Carlos Medina says the anticipation is to get you to your destination safely.

"It's benignant of similar an encouragement to guarantee we're each pursuing the postulation information laws. Our families thrust connected the aforesaid freeways, truthful we privation to guarantee everyone is doing truthful safely," says Medina.

Driving nether the power and speeding are the astir communal stops Medina says officers conduct. But erstwhile much officers are connected the road, helium says radical are conscious of their driving.

"I consciousness similar radical are much mindful of traffic. They are much apt to stock abstraction with different drivers," says Medina.

There's much to keeping roads harmless from drunk drivers oregon radical speeding.

While we were driving, Medina noticed idiosyncratic connected the broadside of the road. The idiosyncratic needed a jump, truthful Medina decided to help. It's the benignant of enactment with drivers that helium enjoys.

"The vacation weekend, much vehicles are out. There are much radical that request immoderate help. Sometimes, we tin assistance them get disconnected the freeway safely," says Medina.