ORLANDO, Fla. -- A costumed officer dressed as Dr. Seuss' Grinch character handed out about one traffic ticket per minute for hours Wednesday in a holiday crackdown on Central Florida traffic violators.

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The Seuss-costumed officer nabbed drivers traveling on Orange Blossom Trail near Holden Boulevard Wednesday.

There were so many people running red lights and committing traffic violations that costumed officer said he had little time to rest, Local 6's Laura Diaz said.

"We averaged about one a minute and we've been out here for about 50 minutes," Orange County sheriff's respresentative Ken Wynne said.

Some drivers said their ticket was not fair.

"I think I'm being ticketed wrongly," a motorist told Local 6 after being pulled over.

Last year, the Grinch was responsible for ticketing about 200 drivers in just hours.

Deputies said this year's effort was set up to save lives. Last year, 184 people died in traffic accidents.

"That's 184 people that would have survived last year if everybody would've obeyed the law," Wynne said.

Wednesday's operation lasted for several hours. It was not known if any other operations are scheduled but last year, officers dressed as Santa's elves nabbed hundreds of speeders in Central Florida.

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