SAN ANTONIO -- As people begin their annual commute on Spring Break, law enforcement officials respond with their annual show of full force patrolling the highways.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are stepping up enforcement and watching roads from the Hill Country to the Gulf Coast.

"We project the next two weeks will be very busy, very active (with) a lot of young people headed south and we're going to do our best to make the roadways safe for them going down there and coming back," Trooper Paul Waggener said.

In particular, troopers are looking for speeders, people not wearing seat belts and drunken drivers.

"These are some of the main causes of traffic crashes and obviously of death, and that's what we're looking for," Waggener said.

Unlike other holiday weekends, though, troopers said Spring Break brings more reasons to watch drivers because of the age of those people on the road, but some college students are torn over how much extra enforcement helps.

"It's good, especially around Spring Break time," Pete Lucio said. "We've got these young kids out here doing this and that, so it's all good."

Lucio was driving his young girls to Corpus Christi for the week.

DPS troopers estimate a first DWI offense can cost about $3,100 in fines and fees and could cost up to $17,000. They also warn minors in possession of alcohol that they can face fines up to $500 and the suspension of their driver's license.