Torrance checkpoint, Hawthorne results, other DUI stuff
Tonight's checkpoint:
Police will conduct a driver's license and sobriety checkpoint from 8 tonight to 3 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Sepulveda and Palos Verdes boulevards in Torrance.
Checkpoint result:
During a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint June 12 at El Segundo Boulevard and Weber Way in Hawthorne, police officers arrested two people on suspicion of driving under the influence, cited 55 drivers for suspended licenses or no licenses at all, towed 59 vehicles and arrested one person sought on a felony warrant.
Know when you're a DUI risk
From www.chp.ca.gov
(.01 - .04 percent) May be DUI: Anyone who has had one drink during a two-hour period; and people weighing 170 pounds or more who have had two drinks.
(.05 - .07 percent) Likely DUI: People weighing less than 170 pounds who have had two drinks; people weighing 150 pounds or more who have had three drinks; and people weighing 190 pounds or more who have had four drinks.
(.08 percent and up) Definitely DUI: People weighing less than 150 pounds who have had three drinks; people weighing less than 190 pounds who have had four drinks; and anyone who has had five drinks.
Police will conduct a driver's license and sobriety checkpoint from 8 tonight to 3 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Sepulveda and Palos Verdes boulevards in Torrance.
Checkpoint result:
During a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint June 12 at El Segundo Boulevard and Weber Way in Hawthorne, police officers arrested two people on suspicion of driving under the influence, cited 55 drivers for suspended licenses or no licenses at all, towed 59 vehicles and arrested one person sought on a felony warrant.
Know when you're a DUI risk
From www.chp.ca.gov
(.01 - .04 percent) May be DUI: Anyone who has had one drink during a two-hour period; and people weighing 170 pounds or more who have had two drinks.
(.05 - .07 percent) Likely DUI: People weighing less than 170 pounds who have had two drinks; people weighing 150 pounds or more who have had three drinks; and people weighing 190 pounds or more who have had four drinks.
(.08 percent and up) Definitely DUI: People weighing less than 150 pounds who have had three drinks; people weighing less than 190 pounds who have had four drinks; and anyone who has had five drinks.
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The below makes now sense without time reference. 2 drinks 4 hours apart and I am likely to get a dui?
TPD was funny calling for so many 926s the whole time.