What is the difference between sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols?
• At sobriety checkpoints, law enforcement officials evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment at certain points on the roadway. Vehicles are stopped in a specific sequence, such as every other vehicle or every fourth, fifth or sixth vehicle. • Saturation patrols are concentrated enforcement efforts that target impaired drivers by observing moving violations such as reckless driving, speeding, aggressive driving, and others. Saturation patrols are spread over a larger geographic area. • In saturation patrols, motorists and motorcyclists are evaluated on an individual basis because certain behaviors have been displayed to law enforcement officers while the vehicle is in motion. • Sobriety checkpoints must display warning signs to motorists, whereas saturation patrols do not. • Well-publicized sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols educate the general driving public that breaking traffic laws is a serious problem and that violators will be punished. Why do we need sob
