The Los Angeles Police Department announced a Los Angeles DUI checkpoint for March 5, 2010, as follows:

What: Sobriety & Drivers License Checkpoint

When: Friday, March 5, 2010 8:00 PM – 3:00 AM

Where:  Cahuenga Boulevard West Broadlawn Avenue North Hollywood, California

Who: Emergency Operations Division

Why: The purpose of the sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of traffic collisions involving intoxicated drivers and hit and run collisions.  In 2010, residents residing in the North Hollywood Area endured 33 driving under the influence-related and 187 hit and run traffic collisions.   The checkpoint will educate the community to use designated drivers and not drinkand drive.  Our message is simple: If we catch you drunk, you will be arrested.

It is the Los Angeles Police Department’s goal to continue providing public awareness on the dangers of drinking and driving, and the laws concerning driving without a valid driver’s license. Motorists approaching a checkpoint will observe traffic signs, information and police officers advising that a checkpoint is ahead.  Once diverted into a lane, each motorist will be detained momentarily while an officer explains the purpose of the checkpoint.

Funding for this checkpoint is provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

For further information on Los Angeles DUI, feel free to contact our Long Beach DUI Lawyers at our toll free number, (877) 568-2977.

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