Delaware and Maryland will partner in driving under the influence enforcement efforts over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The effort will include checkpoints in Delaware.
Delaware State Police along with the Delmar, Laurel, Seaford, Bridgeville and Greenwood Police Departments will work with Maryland and Virginia law enforcement agencies to patrol the entire length of U.S. 13 from Virginia to north of the Delaware line.
This year’s Border to Border, which has been run by Maryland law enforcement since 2012, will be conducted on Friday, March 16, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Delaware’s DUI checkpoint enforcement period will be on March 17 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., as follows:
- New Castle County on Rt. 7 in Wilmington
- New Castle County on Rt. 40 in Bear
- Kent County Rt. 13 near Camden
- Sussex County SR 1 n/b and s/b, in Rehoboth Beach
- Sussex County on Concord Rd. in Seaford
There will be at least one Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) at each checkpoint.
A release from the Delaware Office of Highway Safety indicates that officers see a spike in impaired driving crashes from year to year.
In Delaware, from 2012 to 2016, there have been 62 arrests and 31 crashes resulting in 27 injuries during the holiday period.
A DUI arrest can set a driver back an average of $10,000 or more in attorney fees, fines, court costs, lost time at work, higher insurance rates, car towing and repairs.
