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Orange County DUI Checkpoints for New Year’s Eve

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have been notified of the following saturation patrols in lieu of DUI Checkpoints for New Year’s Eve in Orange County.  Drive safe!

Posts Tagged ‘New Years Eve’

Orange County DUI Checkpoints for New Year’s Eve

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Although the Orange County DUI statistics won’t be released until later today, Los Angeles stated that their DUI arrests were higher than they were in 2008.  Looks like the DUI enforcement program is working, as our Orange County DUI Lawyers mentioned previously.

Los Angeles – Drunken driving arrests by the California Highway Patrol are up this New Year’s Eve holiday weekend, across both California and here in the Southland, with arrests doubling this year in Orange County, according to CHP statistics.

In Orange County, the CHP made 58 drunken driving arrests compared with 32 last year, and one death was recorded, versus none last year.

In Los Angeles County, 241 drivers were arrested by the CHP between the hours of 6 p.m. Dec. 31, 2009 and 6 a.m. today. That’s up from 202 arrests in the similar period last year.

“It’s hard to tell if people just aren’t getting the message (about drinking and driving), and this year over last there are more people driving under the influence, or if officers are just getting luckier and catching more,” CHP officer Ray Scheidnes said. “We have as many officers as possible out on the roads trying to keep people safe.”

Statewide, 1,252 drunken driving arrests were made by the CHP, up from 986 during the 60-hour time period last year.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints for New Year’s Eve

Friday, December 31st, 2010

At least 20 people died in traffic accidents statewide over the New Year’s holiday, and drunken-driving arrests were up more than 30 percent in California compared to the same period last year, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officers statewide made 898 arrests on suspicion of driving under the influence between 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and 6 a.m. today, up from 688 arrests during the same 36-hour reporting period a year ago.

Officials also reported 20 traffic deaths over the New Year’s holiday, up from 16 a year ago, although all the deaths were not necessarily DUI-related fatalities, the CHP noted.

“People are not designating a non-intoxicated driver, and people need to be aware and remember how important it is to have that person to make sure they get home safely,” said Officer Krystal Carter of the CHP’s transportation management center in Los Angeles.

Local statistics on DUI arrests won’t be released until Monday, officials said.

Although the CHP did not report any traffic deaths in Orange County over the New Year’s holiday, at least one O.C. resident died in a fatal car wreck on a surface street in Orange.

Roger LaSalle, 62, of Costa Mesa apparently lost control of his vehicle and careened into a utility pole on West Chapman Avenue at South Flower Street at 12:12 a.m. today, police said. The cause of his death is pending an autopsy; police say a medical condition may have been at least partly to blame.

Six of this year’s 20 traffic deaths in California reported by the CHP happened during a 12-hour period that began at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.

And 527 of the DUI arrests – or 59 percent – occurred during this same 12-hour period.

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• CHP on NYE: Less Fatalities, More DUI Arrests than Last Year (laist.com)
• DUI Checkpoint in Downtown Tonight (laist.com)
• CHP to ‘Enhance’ Presence on Roads over Holiday Break (laist.com)

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints for New Year’s Eve

Friday, December 31st, 2010

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“I’m not driving tonight, there are too many drunks on the road”, is a comment I hear every New Year’s Eve.  Yet the worst time to drive is actually the Saturday before Christmas, when office parties and family and friend parties usually mean drinking plus driving in much greater numbers, statistically.

People are more likely to get a hotel and spend the night somewhere for New Year’s Eve, and that’s what you should do if you want to avoid being potentially interrogated or arrested for DUI.

Unlike the 17 Orange County checkpoints the weekend before Christmas, (that I have discussed at length in my blog) there is only one tonight that I am aware of – the DUI checkpoint in Placentia.  You can be sure that police will be having roving patrols, and if you know anyone that has an Orange County DUI case, please have them contact me at 714-568-1560.  I can offer information and help out.

Otherwise, I thank you for visiting my blog in now its third year, and two redesigns.  It’s been a pleasure to offer opinion and facts from the front line of DUI defense in Orange County.  I wish you all the best for 2009, and if you have any suggestions for my blog, or just want to contact me anytime, please email me at rmillerlaw at gmail dot com.  Thanks, and Happy New Year!