Weekend Delaware DUI checkpoints announced

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On Saturday, July 14th, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., law enforcement will be out in full force in Delaware as part of the “CheckPoint StrikeForce” deployment. Over 50  law enforcement officers will be manning three sobriety checkpoints, one in each county, as follows:

  1. New Castle County: Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington
  2. Kent County: US 13 in Smyrna
  3. Sussex County: Rt. 1 in Rehoboth Beach

There will be at least one Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) at each checkpoint.

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Two weeks later, on July 28th, OHS will be funding a DUI team enforcement initiative. Targeting areas shown to have a high number of DUI arrests, nearly 100 law enforcement officers will travel in pairs to patrol for impaired drivers.

During  July, the Delaware Office of Highway Safety (OHS) will be implementing several countermeasures to combat impaired driving,  a release noted. 

A DUI arrest can set you back an average of $10,000 in attorney fees, fines, court costs, lost time at work, higher insurance rates, car towing and repairs, and more. It could also result in the loss of your license and possibly your job, the release noted.

Even getting a lesser conviction can result in higher insurance costs as well as thousands of dollars in legal bills 

The state sees a spike in DUI-related arrests in July. From 2013 – 2017, there have been a total of 1,839 DUI arrests, 486 DUI-related crashes, and 24 DUI-related fatalities.