DUI Checkpoint Results Revealed In Lower Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Pennsylvania State Police have revealed the results of a DUI checkpoint that took place for two days along Route 413 last week.

PA State Police Troop M — Trevose conducted the sobriety checkpoint from 10 p.m. Oct. 30 to 3 a.m. on Oct. 31.

State Troopers conducted both a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) checkpoint and roving patrol at Route 413 and Maple Avenue in Langhorne Borough.

These are the results of the DUI Checkpoint:

• Two Driving Under the Influence arrests
• 1 Fleeing and Eluding arrest
• 14 Summary citations

A sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint wherein Troopers systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impairment.

The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug related fatal and serious crashes, and to reduce the number of DUI drivers on Pennsylvania’s highways.

Drivers are reminded of the mandates of Title 75 Section 3733, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer, which stipulates that any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring their vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police officer, commits an offense, graded up to a Felony of the 3rd Degree, which carries a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison, a $15,000 fine, and restitution for damages and/or injuries sustained as a result of the pursuit.

For more information on the Pennsylvania State Police, visit psp.pa.gov.