LOCATIONS OF DUI CHECKPOINTS
Sobriety checkpoints are often set up on holidays or holiday weekends, late at night or in the very early morning hours, a time where statistically the proportion of impaired drivers tends to be the highest. Sometimes, sobriety checkpoints are set close to the exit points of public events. This would seem illegal, but it is not. Indication that a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint is ahead requires the posting of signs advising drivers that a DUI Sobriety checkpoint is being conducted ahead. DUI Sobriety Checkpoints must afford drivers a means to escape the DUI Sobriety Checkpoint, but there are usually motor officers on scene looking for drivers trying to escape the DUI Sobriety Checkpoint. The motor officers can stop only those vehicles that commit an actual violation of law in avoiding the checkpoint—they cannot pull the driver off just because it appears that the driver is attempting to avoid the DUI Sobriety Checkpoint.