The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau’s next Special Traffic Enforcement Program wave began Thursday and will continue through Sunday.

Enforcement agencies from around the state will be out in force looking for motorists who are violating traffic laws during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

The sTEP program consists of five high visibility enforcement waves throughout the year meant to get motorists to change their driving behavior by buckling up, slowing down, driving sober and obeying all traffic laws in order to reduce the number of traffic crashes and to save lives.