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Laguna Beach DUI Checkpoint: Four arrested

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

LAGUNA BEACH – Four people were arrested on suspicion of drunken driving during Saturday’s checkpoint on Pacific Coast Highway, our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers learned.

Almost 2,000 vehicles passed the checkpoint between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m., and police stopped 705 drivers. The location on the 3100 block of South Coast Highway targeted traffic heading away from the city, according to a Laguna Beach Police release. The Buena Park Police Department assisted Laguna Beach police on the checkpoint, the second of four planned for this year.

Officers gave drivers pamphlets about the dangers of drinking and driving and also checked for valid driver’s licenses. Three drivers were found to be driving without a license, and another three drove on a suspended license.

Patrol officers in other parts of the city arrested two more people on suspicion of drunken driving.

Posts Tagged ‘Government’

Laguna Beach DUI Checkpoint: Four arrested

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

I received an email which led me to the following site:

www.udadd.com

As you’ll see, it’s a website dedicated to the proposition that the government should not mandate what adults (that is, persons over the age of 18) do regarding alcohol.  It’s interesting that a person can be old enough to vote, to die for one’s country, but not have an “adult” beverage.  I’m not necessarily promoting this site, but I think the webmaster is onto something – and it is another example of how politics infects the discussion about drinking and driving.

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