DUI Checkpoint Set for Saturday in Roseville

will conduct a DUI/drivers license checkpoint between 8 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location with the city limits.

Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions in Roseville have claimed eight lives and resulted in 122 injury crashes harming 171 people, according to a news release.

Statewide, overall traffic deaths declined by 23 percent, from 3,995 in 2007 to 3,081 in 2009.  Total traffic fatalities are at their lowest levels in six decades, when the federal government began compiling figures. DUI deaths declined by 16 percent, from 1,132 in 2007 to 950 in 2009, according to the release.

Alcohol impaired deaths still make up the largest category of overall vehicle fatalities, with 31 percent of all deaths caused by a drunk driver and a DUI checkpoint is a proven effective method to lower these numbers, according to the release.

Saturday’s checkpoint is an effort to reduce the number of people killed and injured in alcohol-related crashes. DUI checkpoints are conducted to identify offenders and get them off the street, as well as bring awareness to our community of the dangers of impaired driving. Additionally, drivers will be checked to ensure that they have a valid driver’s license.

If you are planning a gathering or celebration with alcohol included, or if you are out on the town, plan ahead and designate a non-drinking sober driver.  A DUI arrest costs upwards of $10,000, time in jail and the loss or your drivers license, including years of increased insurance rates.

Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

To report drunk drivers, call 911.