SUNNYVALE – Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers will conduct a six-hour DUI safety and sobriety checkpoint beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, June 29. The primary purpose of the checkpoint is public education.
While this checkpoint falls outside of the usual holiday DUI campaigns, DPS expects there may be considerable celebrating during this pre-Fourth of July weekend, and that often involves drinking. DPS wants to reduce the risk to all who are celebrating and those nearby.
The checkpoint provides an opportunity to locate drivers who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and remove them from local roads. Each year, drivers who are under the influence cause a disproportionately high number of collisions, many of which result in injury or death.
Sunnyvale will again operate its own checkpoint. Cars traveling northbound on Mathilda Avenue between Maude and San Aleso Avenues will be randomly stopped and checked. Officers will look at the safety of the vehicle, the operator’s license and state of sobriety.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration through the California Office of Traffic Safety.