Memorial Day Weekend DUI Checkpoints Around San Marino

LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles police and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force looking for impaired drivers this Memorial Day Weekend with DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols.

Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of summer, is typically a deadly weekend on the roads thanks to the high volume of people taking road trips for the long weekend combined with intoxicated revelers. The CHP will conduct a "maximum enforcement period" begins at 6 p.m. through. Monday, to catch DUI offenders and other traffic violators, including those who fail to use their safety belts.

"As the unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day weekend is a busy time on California roadways," CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. "It only takes two seconds to buckle up. Wearing a seat belt is such a simple task to keep you and your passengers safe. Remember, it is also the law."

About 70 percent of the vehicle occupants who died in CHP jurisdiction in the 2016 and 2017 Memorial Day holiday weekends were not wearing seat belts, Stanley said. A total of 45 people died statewide in Memorial Day weekend collisions in 2017; 39 during the period in 2016. During those weekends, there were 921 arrests in California for driving under the influence in 2017 and 1,065 in 2016.

DUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols:

Friday

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Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint, 7 P.M. to 12 A.M., Florence Avenue at Hoover Street , Los Angeles,
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Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint, 8 P.M. to 1 A.M., Santa Monica Boulevard at Gower Street, Los Angeles, California
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Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint, 8 P.M. to 1 A.M., Sunset Boulevard at Orange Grove Avenue , Los Angeles

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Saturday

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DUI Saturation Patrol 5 P.M. to 1 A.M.,Southeast Area

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Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint 8 P.M. to 1 A.M. at Roscoe Boulevard at Gloria Avenue, North Hills,
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Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint 8 P.M. to 1 A.M. at Sherman Way at Independence Avenue, Canoga Park
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DUI Saturation Patrol,9 P.M. to 3 A.M., Wilshire Area
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Sunday

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DUI Saturation Patrol 5 P.M. to 1 A.M., Van Nuys Area

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Photo: Shutterstock; City News Service contributed to this report.