Drunk Driving DUI Law

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office arrested three motorists for driving under the influence during a sobriety checkpoint Friday night in Ashburn. A fourth driver was charged with driving without a license. The checkpoint had 623 vehicles pass through; 24 vehicles underwent further screening. The Sheriff’s Office conducts monthly checkpoints and additional ones on holidays.

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An increasingly prevalent practice used to detect the drunk driver involves the use of roadblocks or sobriety checkpoints. Commonly, law enforcement agencies will set up a roadblock on a selected road or highway, much as is done with equipment safety checks or license/registration inspection. If the driver has slurred speech or breath alcohol odor, he [...]

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The Prospect Resident Trooper’s Office will conduct a DUI enforcement spot check on Route 69 at Kluge Road on Thursday. The spot check will start at 5 p.m. and run until early morning Friday. All vehicles will be stopped briefly and examined for intoxication and compliance with state laws. This effort is part of the [...]

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The entire length of Route 21 through Lake County will see a crackdown against drunken drivers, including use of a new legal weapon, during the Labor Day weekend. Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Waller said “Operation Safe Run” will use saturation patrols, roadside safety checks and a new “no refusal” DUI enforcement. Police from a [...]

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DOVER, Del.- State highway safety officials have scheduled three sobriety checkpoints and 214 DUI saturation patrols in Delaware beginning Friday, Aug. 29 and running through Labor Day, Sept. 1. The state Office of Highway Safety said the enforcement activities will supplement what is expected to be an already heightened police presence from state and municipal [...]

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The Charleston Police Department and the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint today in the 3800 block of Seventh Avenue from 5 p.m. to approximately midnight. The West Virginia State Police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint beginning 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and continuing through 2 a.m. Aug. 31 on W.Va. 34 [...]

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