What: Sobriety
& Driver’s License Checkpoint
When: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 6 P.M. to
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1
A.M.
Where: Imperial Highway between Main Street and San Pedro Street
Where: Imperial Highway between Main Street and San Pedro Street
Why: 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. Officers will be contacting drivers passing
through the checkpoint looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect
jail, license suspension, and insurance increases, as well as fines, fees, DUI
classes, court probation and other expenses.
All
too often members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local
roadways by impaired drivers. “Over the course of the past year, DUI-related collisions
have claimed twelve lives and injured 825 of our friends and neighbors in Los
Angeles,” said Lieutenant Ron Katona, Traffic Coordination Section.
This
DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies, as well
as insuring drivers have a valid driver’s license. A major component of these checkpoints is to
increase awareness of the dangers of impaired driving and to encourage sober
designated drivers.
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.
Funding
for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic
Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Report Drunk
Drivers. Call 911!
This information was provided by the LAPD.
