DUI Checkpoint Planned in Burlingame This Weekend

The Burlingame Police Department will conduct a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Saturday, April 25, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. The exact location has not been disclosed.

According to the police department, research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely.

“Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 46 lives and resulted in injury crashes harming 374 of our friends and neighbors throughout San Mateo County,” said Chief Eric Wollman of the Burlingame Police Department.

Drivers caught driving impaired can expect to face jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, and other expenses that can exceed $10,000.

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