dui checkpoints
Valley’s young drivers use technology to avoid DUI checkpoints A driver suspected of driving under the influence is led away in handcuffs Wednesday after taking a blood test at a sobriety checkpoint. [1]
I always felt DUI checkpoints were unconstitutional. [2]
The argument has been made that DUI checkpoints are an infringement of the Fourth Amendment, which protects us against unreasonable search and seizure. [3]
PHOENIX — Police say more motorists trying to elude arrest for drunken driving are using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to alert other drivers about DUI checkpoints. [4]
Dave Gibeault, head of the Fresno Police Department’s traffic unit. [2]
Dave Gibeault, head of the Fresno Police Department’s traffic unit. [...] Trying to elude arrest for drunken driving, young people use technology to keep each other informed about the location of sobriety checkpoints, said Sgt. [5]
Last year during the 2008 holiday period, Avoid reported that there were 827 DUI arrests in Santa Clara County alone. [3]
In addition to the more than 50 Sacramento police officers who will be handling crowd control, parking, traffic and other issues downtown tonight, there will be at least four officers looking for drunken drivers. [6]
The grants will go to the Fresno Police Department and the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office to arrest and charge drunken drivers next year. [1]
On Twitter, a free electronic message service that runs on both cell phones and computers, drivers can warn each other with “tweets” listing intersections where police have set up checkpoints. [5]
The Police Department’s traffic safety unit will use its $482,000 grant to pay for 100 sobriety checkpoints, bar stakeouts and court stings — in which undercover officers make sure offenders who have lost licenses do not drive away from court hearings. [1]
It is not your imagination there actually are more law enforcement officers on the roads during the holiday season and therefore there’s a greater likelihood that you could be arrested for DUI. [3]
There will also be a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint downtown, but police are not yet disclosing the location. [6]
Tools include Twitter, text messages and an iPhone application specifically designed to identify checkpoints, Gibeault said. [5]
Sources:
[1] Technology helps drivers avoid DUI checkpoints - Local …
[2] Drivers use technology to avoid sobriety checkpoints | The …
[3] Holiday DUI Checkpoints - Are Drunk Driving Checkpoints Legal?
[4] Tweets Warn Of DUI Traps - Phoenix News Story - KPHO Phoenix
[5] Police: Twitter used to avoid DUI checkpoints
[6] Sacramento Bee — Sacto 9-1-1