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• DUI CHECKPOINTS AND PATROLS FOR JULY 4TH CRACKDOWN |
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that DUI enforcement will be conducted by TEAM DUI police officers in many southeast Pennsylvania locations during the July 4th holiday period and subsequent dates.
Over the July 4th holiday period in 2008, statewide, there were 468 impaired driving related crashes resulting in 34 fatalities – the third deadliest holiday period of that year. This period includes the holiday weekend, as well as the weekends before and after the holiday.
Under PennDOT’s impaired driving program, police receive grant funds from PennDOT to pay the officers overtime for conducting DUI enforcement.
Planned DUI checkpoints and patrols will include:
Chester County
July 2-4
? DUI patrols along Routes 30, 100 and 113.
Montgomery County
July 2-6
? DUI patrols along Route 611 in Abington and Upper Moreland townships.
? DUI patrols on Routes 63, 202, 309, 463, 663 and Sumneytown Pike in Hatfield, Montgomery, Towamencin, Upper Gwynedd townships and Hatfield and Lansdale boroughs.
? Franconia Township, Lower Salford Township, Hatfield Township, and the Upper Perkiomen Police
? DUI patrols along Routes 1 and 30 in Lower Merion Township.
July 10
? DUI checkpoint along Route 152 in Upper Dublin Township.
July 17
? DUI checkpoint along Easton Road in Cheltenham Township.
There are DUI laws for boaters as well. You can be arrested for DUI while operating any vehicle or boat if you are impaired to a point where you are incapable of safe operation regardless of any blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of alcohol and or drugs.
According to PennDOT statistics, there were 531 alcohol-related highway fatalities in Pennsylvania in 2008, about 36 percent of 1,468 total highway deaths in the state that year.
In southeast Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties), there were 104 alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2008, about 41 percent of the 252 total highway deaths in the region.
For more information on Pennsylvania’s DUI legislation, visit www.DriveSafePA.org.
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