DUI Checkpoints, Patrols Coming To Springfield This Weekend

SPRINGFIELD, PA — The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce will conduct sobriety checkpoints this weekend in several towns, including Springfield.

The task force is designed to prevent impaired driving through sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols. It is comprised of police from Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Radnor and Springfield townships.

They have conducted 124 operations since forming in 2009, according to the Haverford Township Police Department.

"Sobriety checkpoints are a proactive visual deterrent while also removing impaired drivers," the department said in a statement. "Roving patrols are traffic details with the main goals to spot and stop possible impaired drivers before they can cause harm to innocent unsuspecting motorists traveling on our roadways."

The Taskforce urges drivers of legal drinking age to act responsibly and never drive while impaired.

Additionally, they urge people to carefully read labels on prescriptions or over-the-counter medications and to make arrangements for a designated driver before drinking alcohol.