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(Corpus Christi, Texas) - Padre Island National Seashore will conduct a Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday, September 7, 2013 on Park Road 22 near the park's Entrance Station. The purpose of the checkpoint is to detect and apprehend alcohol and drug impaired drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recognized impaired driving as one of the nation's most often committed and deadliest crimes.

According to NHTSA there were 3399 traffic fatalities in the state of Texas in 2012, with 32 percent being alcohol/DUI related. In addition, NHTSA reports 50 percent of Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related traffic collision in his or her lifetime. Sobriety checkpoints are a proactive deterrent and are one of the most effective methods of reducing the amount of impaired drivers who pose a serious threat to innocent, unsuspecting motorists traveling our roadways.

So far this year, Law Enforcement Park Rangers have charged 59 drivers for driving under the influence (DUI) and issued 169 citations for other alcohol and drug violations. This checkpoint will support the continued detection and deterrence of alcohol and/or drug impaired driving and will contribute to a safe park experience for all visitors.

justletmein · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:56 pm Post subject:

That's good news, but perhaps we shouldn't be warning everybody. Laughing

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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3973

this is different from normal stops how? they stop everyone all the time anyway....SSDD...

wow.....6 park rangers have arrested 59 people (so far this year) and the entire ~250 CCPD has only arrested 692 people for DUI....so 9.8 vs. 2.77

means you are 3.5 times more likely to get arrested on PINS for DWI than the entire rest of Corpus Christi.....

what's going on out there?
becky
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Baffinboy · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject:

I appreciate the warnng, I won't be there but they can give you a DWI for like 3 beers now. Why don't they just put a checkpoint on Staples outside of Whiskey River.
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justletmein · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:28 pm Post subject:

Razorback · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:31 pm Post subject:

I am all for any effort to stop drunks behind the wheel.
Had a good friend killed by a drunk driver.

ironmanstan · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject:

We need to sit down and talk this over with a beer. Very Happy

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Chef Lefty · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:38 pm Post subject:

Bigrock · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:37 pm Post subject:

I won't be able to make it Saturday. Do they take breathalyzer samples by mail?

jebsays · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:01 pm Post subject:

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shallowsport · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:05 am Post subject:

Byrds fan here. For everything there is a time, a season, and a reason.
On PINS the currency has generally been beer. That time, and season, may be ending on the beach. But whatever the time, or season, there is no good reason to drive impaired.

ironmanstan · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:54 am Post subject:

HighTide · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:35 am Post subject:

That brings to mind an interesting question. Can you drink a single beer while driving a boat? I don't mean to be funny. I'm just asking what the law says. I know the law is that you can't be intoxicated while driving a boat.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3973