Holiday weekends can mean lots of fun, and Pennsylvania State Police are working hard to make sure that fun doesn’t have tragic consequences on the road.

Over the three-day weekend for Memorial Day, the Kane barracks of state police issued a lot of citations — but responded to only a few crashes.

Sgt. Ryan Nuhfer, station commander, said there were six crashes, three arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol, 113 speeding citations and more.

“Despite the weather, in between the raindrops, we were out there being visible and aggressive,” Nuhfer said.

Compared to previous years, the number of vehicle accidents have been decreasing. The proactive policing in traffic enforcement is having a positive impact, the sergeant said.

“The crash numbers are heading in the right direction,” he said. “They are definitely scaling down.

“We had six total crashes and only one injury,” he said, adding that one accident was alcohol-related. “We made three DUI arrests. In conjunction with the arrests, 13 citations were filed and three seatbelt citations were filed.”

There were two citations filed for child-seat violations, six citations for seatbelt violations, 22 warnings for seatbelts and 78 other traffic citations.

He acknowledged that people generally aren’t at their best — or happiest — when being stopped by a police officer, but said he emphasizes to the troopers to treat people fairly and with courtesy.

The aggressive driving enforcement is aimed at saving people’s lives, and making everyone safer on the road.

“The whole crew here, they are all out there and they are all visible,” Nuhfer said, letting the public know the troopers are continuing to watch for aggressive driving. “They are being proactive.”

Aggressive driving includes speeding, racing, failing to obey traffic signs and signals, driving while distracted, following too closely, failing to keep right, passing on the right and failing to yield the right-of-way.