Newsflash from your Hollywood Attorney:
For many years, the California Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies in California have set up DUI checkpoints to deter people from drinking and driving and also to remove drunk drivers from the road before they could cause harm to themselves or others. Depending on the agency, sobriety checkpoint dates may be announced in advance with the locations kept confidential until the day of the checkpoint.
In order to circumvent officers and alert drivers to the whereabouts of sobriety checkpoints, a variety of individuals and groups have created DUI checkpoint locator Twitter accounts, Facebook pages and text messaging services. The individuals or groups send out notices to followers alerting them to where checkpoints are located throughout the state.
Drivers who want to take the initiative and find out the location of checkpoints proactively, can send a text to Mr. Checkpoint with the message NODUI. The creator of this free service states that he is helping to deter drunk drivers because, when they realize the locations of checkpoints, they are apt to not drink if they are in that specific area. Mr. Checkpoint also has a Twitter account and people can also check the website to find out about area sobriety checkpoints that they want to avoid.
A DUI checkpoint Facebook page has been created to alert the page’s fans to checkpoints throughout California. The area that the checkpoint is being set up as well as the timeframe is posted on the page. Fans will also chime in with messages alerting others about checkpoints that do not appear on the page.
Drunk Driving Checkpoints Los Angeles
Police are often working to find new and more effective ways of catching drunk drivers, and one of the more effective of these are drunk driving checkpoints Los Angeles residents have to drive through while on their way to a particular area. Checkpoints can take a variety of forms, from having a patrol car hidden behind something and watching for drunken behavior to actually having each and every car stop and talk with a police officer a bit.
If you’re intoxicated enough where the police may notice (which, if you’re talking face-to-face, they certainly will), you’ll almost certainly be given a DUI charge right then and there. In addition to tests like the breathalyzer, however, a police officer at a checkpoint might also look inside your vehicle for signs of things like opened bottles of alcohol that would help to prove your intoxication. Fortunately, there’s still hope for you.
Most drunk driving cases are fairly straightforward in court because, among other things, the legal system is used to dealing with them and has a fairly good idea of what penalties to apply in each situation. Legal representation can often convince the court to lower or modify any applicable punishments, including the potential of saving your license and avoiding a major disruption in your life as a result of being caught at a checkpoint for drunk driving within the Los Angeles area. Of course, the easiest way of all to avoid a DUI charge is to avoid drinking at all or select a designated driver for the evening.
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Law Offices of Jonathan Franklin
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Call Us Now (310) 273-9600
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