T
Flag of Santa Ana - did you even know Santa Ana had a flag?
he Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, May 26th, 2012. It will begin at 7:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 800 W. First Street, Santa Ana, CA.
If you have questions for our Orange County DUI Lawyers, call us toll free at (877) 568-2977
Sobriety Checkpoints are announced for Friday, May 25: in the City of Dana Point (Orange County Sheriff’s Dept.) – starting at 6:00 P.M., and City of Fullerton – starting at 8:00 P.M. Santa Ana Times reports a Santa Ana DUI checkpoint with no further details.
The following police departments have DUI Saturation Patrols scheduled in their respective cities during the Memorial Day Weekend period (Friday – Monday): Anaheim, Brea, Irvine, Laguna Beach, La Habra, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Westminster and the UCI Police Department Sheriff’s deputies will staff extra DUI units in their contract cities supplementing the normal patrol units.
California Highway Patrol Maximum Enforcement Period: CHP will deploy all available officers to the region’s freeways and unincorporated roads beginning 6:00 P.M. Friday through midnight Monday.
Be safe. But if you need an Orange County DUI Lawyer, call me at (877) 568-2977.
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Just a reminder from your friendly DUI Specialist Orange County, that this weekend is a “special enforcement period” for all law enforcement. That means that roving patrols, DUI checkpoints, may be in place, and all officers on duty will be looking for persons driving under the influence, drunk driving, DWI, DUI, or just plain drunk. Better to be careful than be arrested for an Orange County DUI.
Wishing you smooth sailing (and no DUIs) for this Cinco De Mayo in Orange County!
Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have learned that the Huntington Beach Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday night, May 5, 2012 at 9:00 PM.
In Ingersoll v. Palmer…the landmark DUI checkpoint case…the California Supreme Court ruled that sobriety checkpoints must adhere to specific requirements in order to be constitutionally recognized.
If they do not, your California DUI defense attorney may be able to have your DUI charges reduced or even dismissed. These requirements relate to:
If the road looks like this, pull over.
The Anaheim Police Department announced it will run a DUI/drivers license checkpoint on Lincoln Avenue from 8 tonight April 27th through 2 a.m. Saturday April 28th. Have fun when you go out, but be careful out there!
Orange County DUI Checkpoint Locations
The Best DUI Lawyers in Orange County are letting you know that the Costa Mesa Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. If you are stopped, provide license, registration, and don’t answer questions about drinking.
Orange County DUI Checkpoint in Costa Mesa announced
Be careful out there, and if you have questions for a DUI lawyer, call me at (877) 568-2977.
Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers wanted to let you know that the Traffic Division of the Newport Beach Police Department will be conducting a sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, April 27, 2012. The location of the checkpoint will be northbound Jamboree Rd. at San Joaquin Hills Dr. The approximate hours of operation will be from 8:00 p.m. until 3:00 am.
The checkpoint location was selected based upon its proximity to bars and restaurants. The film festival, plus good weather, might make this a productive one for them, even though, as I’ve mentioned in the past, DUI checkpoints in Orange County and elsewhere don’t significantly catch many people DUI, or lead to an increase in Orange County DUI arrests.
Newport Beach DUI Checkpoint
A night on the town could be a thing of the past
As a DUI Lawyer in Orange County, I try to keep ahead of developments in breath and blood testing. But technology from the automotive world might be a game changer as far as how DUI s might be handled, or prevented, in the future.
Several automotive manufacturers have been meeting with, partnering with, and developing experimental technology to detect alcohol, including alcohol emitted from the skin in sweat through the steering wheel, or from the breath.
In 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a 5-year campaign to develop ignition interlocks as standard equipment in all vehicles. NHTSA and the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety—which is funded by auto manufacturers—have budgeted $10 million to solicit research and development on the widespread use of this in-vehicle technology.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has asked Congress for another $60 million to be allotted annually for alcohol detector development. So there is big money behind this.
The group opposing this? It’s the American Beverage Institute, which fears this would prevent people from going out for even one drink. Of course, as my fellow Orange County DUI Lawyers know, a machine is only as accurate as the maintenance, calibration and margin of error for the device allows it to be, assuming no deviations from standards. Garbage in, garbage out, as they say, and in this case, a false positive or machine malfunction could have serious consequences to the driver. The Beverage Institute’s newsroom is here at: http://abionline.org/newsroom.cfm?t=inthenews
By the way, if you want to to be kept in the know for the latest DUI checkpoints, check out this blog frequently, or subscribe to the Orange County DUI Checkpoints Blog, or like our Orange County DUI Checkpoints Facebook page.
A night on the town could be a thing of the past
As a DUI Lawyer in Orange County, I try to keep ahead of developments in breath and blood testing. But technology from the automotive world might be a game changer as far as how DUI s might be handled, or prevented, in the future.
Several automotive manufacturers have been meeting with, partnering with, and developing experimental technology to detect alcohol, including alcohol emitted from the skin in sweat through the steering wheel, or from the breath.
In 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a 5-year campaign to develop ignition interlocks as standard equipment in all vehicles. NHTSA and the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety—which is funded by auto manufacturers—have budgeted $10 million to solicit research and development on the widespread use of this in-vehicle technology.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has asked Congress for another $60 million to be allotted annually for alcohol detector development. So there is big money behind this.
The group opposing this? It’s the American Beverage Institute, which fears this would prevent people from going out for even one drink. Of course, as my fellow Orange County DUI Lawyers know, a machine is only as accurate as the maintenance, calibration and margin of error for the device allows it to be, assuming no deviations from standards. Garbage in, garbage out, as they say, and in this case, a false positive or machine malfunction could have serious consequences to the driver. The Beverage Institute’s newsroom is here at: http://abionline.org/newsroom.cfm?t=inthenews
By the way, if you want to to be kept in the know for the latest DUI checkpoints, check out this blog frequently, or subscribe to the Orange County DUI Checkpoints Blog, or like our Orange County DUI Checkpoints Facebook page.
|
Our DUI Lawyers in Orange County have learned that the Traffic Division of the Newport Beach Police Department will be conducting a sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, February 17, 2012. The location of the checkpoint will be northbound Newport Blvd. at Finley Ave. The approximate hours of operation will be from 8:00 p.m. until 3:00 am. The checkpoint location was selected based upon its proximity to sites with higher concentrations of DUI crashes and arrests. This location, also near bars and restaurants, provides a high degree of visibility to the motoring public. Site determination was also based upon roadway configuration, sight distances, traffic volume, lighting, and motorist safety. |
If you have any questions for the Best DUI Lawyer in Orange County (and the most humble), call me at (877) 568-2977
Newport Blvd (Photo credit: boutmuet)
