Are Sobriety Checkpoints Effective?
• Sobriety checkpoints can significantly lower the incidence of drunk driving. • 2002 research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that alcohol-related crashes and fatalities dropped by 20 percent when sobriety checkpoints were used and publicized.[2] • Research shows that those convicted of drunk driving for the first time have driven drunk more than 87 times before their first arrest, thus checkpoints are crucial for the prevention of drunk driving and in turn, for saving more lives. • Checkpoints have been shown to not only detect impaired drivers, but also drivers with suspended licenses, illegal weapons, stolen vehicles and numerous other violations.
