DUI Checkpoints This Holiday Season In Redondo Beach

REDONDO BEACH, CA – This holiday season, the Redondo Beach Police Department is partnering with the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in a special year-end "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" enforcement mobilization to get impaired drivers off the street and to spread the word about this dangerous crime, according to a RBPD press release.

From Dec. 15 through Jan. 1, police, sheriff and the CHP will be deploying DUI Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols during the upcoming 18-day DUI crackdown throughout the region; RBPD is conducting a DUI Checkpoint Dec. 22.

“This holiday season, drivers will notice increased enforcement watching closely for anyone who is driving impaired,” said Chief Kauffman, RBPD. “It is vital that we keep our roads and our travelers safe, not just at the holidays, but every day. With extra travelers on the roads, and people attending holiday parties, we will likely see an uptick in drunk driving. We’ll be arresting anyone we catch breaking this life-saving law.”

In 2016, 37,461 people nationally were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, and 10,497 died in crashes
where a driver had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) over the limit of .08. California reported 1,059
DUI deaths at .08 or above.

In recent years, California has seen an increase in drug-impaired driving crashes. RPBD supports the new effort from the Office of Traffic Safety that aims to educate all drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze,” the press release said. If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the label, you might be impaired enough to get a DUI. Marijuana use can also be impairing, especially in combination with alcohol or other drugs, and can result in a DUI.

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