Are you planning a fun weekend? Find out if there is a DUI checkpoint near you!
Don’t get arrested this weekend. If you are arrested at a checkpoint, hire an experienced DUI attorney right away!
Category Archives: DUI Checkpoints
Las Vegas DUI Checkpoint on Super Bowl Sunday
If you’re going to be in Las Vegas celebrating Super Bowl Sunday, be watchful of a DUI checkpoint in your neighborhood!
There will be a saturation patrol beginning at 4pm as well as a checkpoint near Flamingo Rd on Decatur Blvd.
There will also be saturation patrols south on Tropicana Ave, north on Desert Inn Rd, east on Valley View Boulevard, and west on Rainbow Boulevard.
Yikes, Las Vegas! You better not drink and drive this Super Bowl Sunday. However, if things get out of control, don’t forget to contact an experienced Las Vegas DUI attorney.
Have a DUI-Free Weekend
Don’t forget that the police are out and about this weekend, patrolling for drunk drivers. See if there is a DUI checkpoint near you.
Don’t Get a DUI This Weekend
We’ve updated our DUI checkpoints page! If you live in Los Angeles or attend the University of Maryland, there’s going to be a DUI checkpoint near you. Get more information here!
We’ve Updated our DUI Checkpoint Page!
If you’re in California, Ohio, Hawaii, Massachusetts or Maryland, be ready to see some DUI patrols this weekend. Getting a DUI this time of year could totally ruin your holiday season! So, be on the lookout for DUI checkpoints in your neighborhood. Click here for a comprehensive list of DUI checkpoints.
DUI Checkpoint in West Virginia This Weekend
Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in Wellsburg, WV this weekend. To get the exact location, visit our DUI checkpoints page. Don’t ruin your weekend with a WV DUI arrest.
Florida DUI Checkpoints This Weekend
If you’re located in Pinellas County, FL, you should be on the lookout for some FL DUI checkpoints this weekend. For the exact locations of these sobriety checkpoints, visit our DUI Checkpoint page. Don’t ruin your weekend with a FL DUI arrest!
CA DUI Checkpoints This Weekend
Hey California Drivers! Are you located in Ventura or San Diego? If so, you better know that the police are going to be patrolling this weekend looking for intoxicated drivers. Don’t get a DUI at a sobriety checkpoint. For more information on this weekend’s CA DUI checkpoints, click here.
CA DUI Checkpoints This Weekend
Hey Californians! Get ready for some DUI checkpoints next weekend, but don’t forget that police are out and about this weekend.
Don’t get a CA DUI this weekend! Be on the lookout for the following CA DUI checkpoints:
Los Angeles – DUI checkpoint tonight from 8pm to 2am in Koreatown on South Vermont Ave between 5th and 6th streets
Palm Springs – DUI Checkpoint tonight from 9pm to 3am at an undisclosed location within city limits.
Newport Beach – DUI checkpoint tonight from 9pm to 3am at northbound Jamboree Road at Santa Barbara Drive
Ontario – DUI checkpoint tonight from 6pm to 2am at an undisclosed location within city limits.
Not located in California? Checkout our list of United States DUI checkpoints and see if there is a DUI checkpoint happening near you! Better be safe than sorry!
Boo! Beware of the Police! Halloween DUI Checkpoints
As you know, with any big holiday the police are out and about looking for drunk drivers. If you’re planning on going out this Halloween, be on the lookout for DUI checkpoints.
Click here for a list of DUI checkpoints happening all across the United States this Halloween weekend.
Let’s make sure an orange jumpsuit remains a costume and not a uniform.
Florida DUI Checkpoints
Florida Drivers! You’re weekend fill again with FL DUI checkpoints. Get the exact locations of FL DUI checkpoints here.
If you’ve been pulled over already and need a FL DUI attorney, click here for an attorney in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties.
Click here for an attorney in Osceola and Seminole Counties.
For all other FL counties, please click here.
FL DUI Checkpoint Tonight! Plus, Info on More Sobriety Checkpoints
Attention Floridians! If you are in Lee County tonight, be on the lookout for a DUI checkpoint in your area. It’s likely to be at a popular nightspot known for drunk driving incidents.
If you do get a FL DUI this weekend, don’t forget that there is a resource for you. Contact an attorney right away if you got arrested for a FL DUI. For more information on FL DUI laws and how to find a FL DUI lawyer, please visit this page.
Not in Florida? See if there is a DUI checkpoint happening near you by visiting this page!
OH DUI Checkpoints – Don’t Get an Ohio OVI This Weekend!
Hey, Ohio! Don’t forget it’s Columbus Day Weekend! Even though you’re probably going to enjoy that extra day off, don’t forget that the police are going to be out and about looking for drunk drivers.
If you’re in Columbus (go figure), read all about a DUI checkpoint happening near you!
Don’t get arrested for an OH OVI this weekend.
However, if you happened to be arrested for an OVI in anywhere in Ohio, contact an experienced OH OVI attorney today!
Weekend DUI Checkpoints
Have a big weekend ahead of you? Don’t ruin it by getting arrested for a DUI. Take note of checkpoints happening in your area.
CALIFORNIA DUI CHECKPOINTS
San Rafael- Checkpoint tonight starting at 6pm. Eastbound on Third and Union streets. Possible relocation to northbound Irwin Street and Fifth Ave
Pacifica – Checkpoint tonight starting at 6pm. Location undisclosed but checkpoints in the area usually take place near Crespi Drive and Linda Mar Blvd.
Not Located in California? Find where DUI Checkpoints are happening in your neighborhood! Click here!
Don’t Get a DUI in Pennsylvania This Weekend!
Attention Pennsylvania Drivers! If you’re going to be in Northern Delaware County tonight, be on the lookout for tons of DUI roving patrols.
Police are going to be out tonight looking for intoxicated drivers in the townships of Radnor, Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Springfield, and Upper Darby.
Please be careful and have a fun weekend.
Click here for more checkpoints!
If you are in Pennsylvania and you have been arrested for a DUI, fight your PA DUI charges with an experienced DUI attorney today!
DUI Checkpoints! September 23-25, 2011
Indiana
Kosciuko County- checkpoint tonight from 11pm to 3 am at Dollar General Store, 106 Higbee St. (Ind. 15) in Milford
Lake County- checkpoint happening this weekend within Hammond. Expect 2-3 minute delay if not pulled over.
Pennsylvania
Northern Delaware County – Roving patrols tonight in the townships of Radnor, Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Springfield, and Upper Darby.
Missouri
Kansas City- Checkpoint tonight within city limits
California
Kings County – Checkpoint tonight within central portion of the county (possibly near Stratford or Guernsey). Beginning at 6pm.
Orange County – Checkpoint in San Juan Capistrano
Dublin area – Checkpoint on Sunday within City of Livermore from 2pm to 10 pm.
Napa– Checkpoint within city limits tonight starting at 6pm.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County – Checkpoints tonight on public roadways.
VA DUI Checkpoint Tonight
Don’t get a DUI in Virginia this weekend!
If you are in Loudoun County tonight, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for a VA DUI checkpoint. VA police are holding a checkpoint in the western part of Loudoun County, near a very popular hotspot. Take a different route, but more importantly, don’t drink and drive.
To learn more about VA DUI laws and what can happen if police arrest you, please visit this link.
If you have been arrested for a DUI in Virginia, get help today!
The Police Will Be Looking for You This Labor Day Weekend
Labor Day weekend is one of the most notorious days for DUI arrests. Patrols are going to be everywhere looking for drunk drivers. Look out for those flashing lights, especially in the places listed below.
Going on a road trip this weekend? If so, you better be especially careful. Police will be monitoring interstates 40, 10, and 8 from California to New Mexico.
There will be a checkpoint Friday and Saturday night in Colorado Springs. Additionally, MADD volunteers will be helping the local police nab drunk drivers.
Expect saturation patrols and checkpoints in Cottonwood and other locations in the Verde Valley.
There will be tons of checkpoints across the valley in Coachella, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, and Desert Hot Springs. But don’t worry. The American Cab Association is offering free taxi rides in the area.
Also, expect to see a checkpoint in Redondo Beach.
Alachua County will hold a checkpoint in Gainesville on Southwest 24th Ave and Southwest 8th Ave.
Checkpoints in Cushing city limits starting 9pm tonight.
Checkpoints will begin at 6pm tonight and last through 6pm on Monday in Adams and York counties.
Busted in a DUI roadblock? It can happen to anyone!
We are proud to welcome a guest blogger and New Hampshire DWI attorney, Mark Stevens to the 1800duilaws.com blog. Mark has been practicing New Hampshire DWI for years, and has some great advice for those arrested of DUI in New Hampshire and around the country.
Julie Pacino, the 21-year-old daughter of actor Al Pacino and Oscar-winning star and acting coach Jan Tarrant was arrested after driving through a DWI checkpoint in New York City on Saturday July 30th shortly after 1:30am. She was snared in a drunk-driving roadblock on West Houston Street in lower Manhattan. Pacino, a former UCLA softball player and aspiring film director admitted to drinking three beers and smoking marijuana when entering the OUI checkpoint. Pacino was driving a 2009 Black Mercedes Benz with California license plates and an expired registration tag on the vehicle. Pacino was booked into the Manhattan Detention Complex pending her arraignment where she was later released on her own recognizance.
There are some tips everyone can learn from this highly-publicized arrest. The first is: don’t tell the police you have been drinking and smoking marijuana when you are stopped in a DUI roadblock. The police typically ask “have you been drinking tonight?” near the beginning of an encounter with a driver in a DUI checkpoint. Ms. Pacino’s answer of “three beers and smoking marijuana” guaranteed her arrest.
Second: don’t drive with an expired registration at any time, but particularly avoid it at night on the weekends, when police activity is at its’ height. They are aggressively looking for reasons to stop cars, and the expired registration would have given the cops probable cause to stop this car even if they were not running a DUI roadblock.
Any time the police want to question you about any potential criminal activity, including driving while intoxicated, you are usually best served by exercising your Miranda rights immediately. Ask to speak to a lawyer and clearly exercise your right to remain silent as soon as the question is posed, unless of course the answer to the drinking question is “no”. I have attached a video clip about your right to remain silent and your right to an attorney to this article, called Lawyer Up and Shut Up
Have a safe night.
Mark Stevens
If you get snared in a DUI roadblocks contact New Hampshire criminal defense Attorney Mark Stevens today for a free consultation for your New Hampshire DWI or “aggravated DWI” charges.
Salem, New Hampshire DWI Attorney Mark Stevens
Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Visit our New Hampshire DWI website for more information.
What is a Sobriety Checkpoint?
On a night out, you may have overheard other people discussing about a sobriety checkpoint nearby, or maybe you read something about the controversy with smart phone companies having apps that list DUI checkpoints.
But, what exactly is a DUI checkpoint? Are you bound to get in trouble if you drive up to one?
A DUI checkpoint or a sobriety checkpoint is a roadblock on a public roadway where police are stationed to monitor for drunk drivers. Additionally, the police are on the lookout for any drivers driving without a license or with a suspended license.
As you approach a sobriety checkpoint, the police officer will signal for you to stop. Some checkpoints stop every car that passes by while ones in heavily trafficked areas may stop every other car.
The officer will ask you to roll down your window and ask to see your license, proof of insurance, and registration. They may ask you a series of questions such as where you came from or where you are headed. While they do this, they are going to be looking for signs of intoxication, such as blurred speech, the smell of alcohol, or if your eyes are bloodshot.
If the officer has no reason to conclude that you have been drinking, he or she will send you on your way. However, if the cop has a suspicion that you are intoxicated they may ask you to take a breathalyzer or perform a field sobriety test.
Police departments are required by law to announce that they will be having a sobriety checkpoint. They’re usually announced very discreetly and specific information such as the exact address may be undisclosed. However, it is easy to assume that a checkpoint will likely take place in an area of your town where people are prone to drink and drive.
