DUI Checkpoint Planned In Lower Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Pennsylvania State Police has a DUI checkpoint planned later this week.

The Pennsylvania State Police Troop M – Trevose Barracks said the Driving Under the Influence checkpoint will be conducted between Friday and Sunday.

The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug related fatal and serious crashes, and to reduce the number of DUI drivers on Pennsylvania’s highways.

The sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint where State Troopers will systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impairment.

While State Police announced that a checkpoint is coming, they do not state where the locations will be.

Drivers are reminded of the mandates of Title 75 Section 3733, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer, which stipulates that any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring their vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police officer, commits an offense, graded up to a Felony of the 3rd Degree, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison, a $15,000 fine, and restitution for damages and/or injuries sustained as a result of the pursuit.

For more information on the Pennsylvania State Police, visit psp.pa.gov.