Of the 1,613 drivers screened at Friday night's checkpoint at the 1600 block of Novato Boulevard, three people were arrested for drunken driving, Novato police said Saturday.
Officers performed 21 field sobriety tests at the grant-funded checkpoint, which resulted in arresting three people with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit, according to Lt. Oliver Collins. Officers also issued three moving violations and a total of 13 citations for unlicensed and suspended drivers.
At a checkpoint on July 1, two DUI arrests were made out of 1,701 drivers screened and 22 field sobriety tests given.
The checkpoints are funded through the California Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The goal is to reduce the number of victims killed and injured in alcohol-involved crashes, Collins said.
Locations of checkpoints are not announced in advance because it helps encourage drivers to stay sober and not circumvent the checkpoint area.
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Perhaps you know more about what happened at that checkpoint than I do, but I do not see any indication that Hispanics were given any sort of break. What evidence do you have? Are all Hispanics illegals? Are all illegals Hispanic? Perhaps we should go the way of Arizona and make all the Hispanics carry identification papers? Maybe we should start to make everyone start carrying identifiication papers, just in case the Hispanics aren't the only ones here illegally? Take a look at CVC 2814.2 (c), and let me know if it mentions anywhere that Hispanics, or any other "illegals", get any sort of break. In other words, show me the facts, rather than the fear....
Insurance goes with the car, not the driver. That being said, even if the car has insurance, most policies will not cover an unlicensed driver.