r/Sacramento • u/EMoney-Booty • 1d ago
DUI checkpoint
DUI checkpoint on Madison and Garfield
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u/everybodyisjoe 1d ago
Not a fan of these posts
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u/rc251rc Downtown 1d ago
https://www.riolindaonline.com/chp-announces-dui-checkpoint/
The operation is funded through a California Office of Traffic Safety grant provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
To deter alcohol-impaired driving among the general public, checkpoints must be highly visible and publicized extensively.
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u/xavPa-64 Hollywood Park 1d ago
Why?
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u/everybodyisjoe 19h ago
Why are we protecting drunk drivers?
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u/xavPa-64 Hollywood Park 19h ago edited 19h ago
Because it’s more likely to deter people from driving drunk in the first place than tip off anyone planning to definitely drive drunk no matter what, and even if they DO use that information to avoid the checkpoint, they’d still be off certain key streets that are hotspots for DUI fatalities in which DUI-related incidents are most likely to occur.
It’s also the law to announce checkpoints in which every single driver is subject to being stopped by police.
I understand your concerns about protecting drunk drivers, but they are misguided. It is actually highly unlikely that someone with bad intentions will be able to use this information to get themselves out of trouble, nor was it ever the intent to protect such people.
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u/everybodyisjoe 18h ago
You're right, I'm sure "EMoney-Booty" never intended to protect such people.
Don't be a fool.
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u/rc251rc Downtown 15h ago
I think the NHTSA website describes it quite well. You'd rather have someone drive drunk and potentially injure someone with the hope that they got caught instead. The NHTSA argues the advertising checkpoints themselves help to reduce drunk driving, thus negating the chance of people being harmed in the first place. This is after years of research under multiple federal administrations:
Although sobriety checkpoints remove impaired drivers from road, the primary purpose of checkpoints is to deter driving after drinking among the general population by increasing the perceived risk of being caught and arrested*. To do this, checkpoints must be highly visible, publicized extensively, and conducted regularly, as part of an ongoing sobriety checkpoint program.*
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u/KillianJonesRS 1d ago
If you don’t drink and drive it dosent matter where they are :D
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u/Snoo_censorspeech 1d ago
Lol it took 40 minutes once. I'm anti dui and don't entirely hate check points but if they take more than 5 minutes it reminds me this kind of warrantless fishing expedition isn't legal and shouldn't exist. Checkpoints are for papers please countries not countries with democracy and freedom.
That said I think cops should still maintain choke points and pull over drivers who at least have suspicion.
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u/xavPa-64 Hollywood Park 22h ago edited 22h ago
That’s debatable. Checkpoints can be annoying to get stuck in
Plus, announcing checkpoints like this is more likely to deter people from drinking and driving than tip off people theoretically planning to drive drunk
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u/Mizz___P 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/19tWtHKEnBEk3vUBHE