DUI Checkpoint Near Livermore Set For Friday

A sobriety checkpoint will be conducted on Friday by the California Highway Patrol’s Dublin office in conjunction with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. 

The checkpoint will take place near Livermore from approximately 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Motorists approaching a checkpoint will see informational signs advising them that a sobriety checkpoint is ahead. Once in the checkpoint lane, motorists will be delayed only a few moments while an officer explains the purpose of the checkpoint.

A key objective of the checkpoint is to reduce the number of drinking drivers on the road, rather than produce dramatic increases in DUI arrests. Roadways with established DUI problems are targeted for checkpoints. Publicity is essential to the program.

This checkpoint is just one of the traffic safety programs funded by grants secured by the CHP from the Office of Traffic Safety.

--Information provided by the CHP