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DUI Checkpoint planned for Lancaster tonight

by The AV Times Staff • March 15, 2013

LANCASTER – Deputies from the Lancaster Station Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint tonight (March 15), at an undisclosed location in Lancaster, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m.

Deputies will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment.  Deputies will also check for proper licensing and will strive to delay motorists only momentarily. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, and insurance increases, as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, other expenses that can exceed $10,000.

“Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed two lives and resulted in 112 injury crashes harming 167 of our friends and neighbors,” said Sgt. Dave Jennings of the Lancaster Station Traffic Detail.

DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving alcohol drop by an average of 20 percent when well-publicized checkpoints are conducted often enough.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent.  Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public.

Funding for this checkpoint is provided to Lancaster Sheriff’s Station by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

In other DUI Checkpoint news… The California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint during the evening of Saturday, March 16, 2013 at an undisclosed location in the Antelope Valley area. Read more here.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

1 comment for "DUI Checkpoint planned for Lancaster tonight"

  1. Don't do it! says

    March 15, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    Great way to avoid the DUI checkpoint….stay home!

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