AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara Police Department
The Santa Barbara Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on 01/11/20, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
DUI Checkpoints like this one are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests. Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment, with officers checking drivers for proper licensing.
The Santa Barbara Department reminds drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.” If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the label, you might be impaired enough to get a DUI. Marijuana can also be impairing, especially in combination with alcohol or other drugs, and can result in a DUI.
In 2017, 1,120 people were killed in alcohol-involved crashes on California roads. Last year the Santa Barbara Police Department investigated 136 DUI collisions which resulted in 51 injuries.
The Santa Barbara Police Department offers these reminders to ensure you have a safe night of fun that doesn’t involve a DUI:
Always use a designated sober driver – a friend who is not drinking, ride-share, cab or public transportation – to get home.
See someone who is clearly impaired try and drive? Take the keys and help them make other arrangements to find a sober way home.
Report drunk drivers – Call 911.
Hosting a party? Offer nonalcoholic drinks. Monitor who are drinking and how they are getting home.
Getting home safely is cheap, but getting a DUI is not! Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with DUI can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to be upwards of $13,500. This includes fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspension and other expenses not to mention possible jail time.
Funding for this checkpoint is provided to The Santa Barbara Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Another “joke” setup all thanks for a pork barrel grant where they will have the “Bail Out ” route marked for the hardcore boozers & druggies to make a clean escape. What a scam of taxpayers’ dollars.
What is a pork barrel?
I heard there is an app for checkpoint locations across the State. Someone sees them setting it up and puts it on the app. Everyone with the app gets a notice with alternative driving routes. Ridiculous to have 10 officers standing around screening 1000s of drivers , usually netting only a few for other offenses like driving without a license.
Such a waste of everyone’s time. If they were able to take the grant money and use it for saturation patrols or actually responding to citizens reporting drunk drivers, it would be have a greater impact. Or better yet, have them during the day next to golf courses. That would be their best bang for their buck….
Where the porkers live
All alchoholic beverages should be illegal across the board. More deaths are caused by alcohol consumption than firearms per the CDC.
We tried that from 1920-1933. It didn’t work.