Police in Palm Springs plan to arrange a car checkpoint on the lookout for impaired drivers on Thursday.
The DUI checkpoint will happen at an undisclosed location starting at 7 p.m. and persevering with till 1 a.m. Friday, based on the Palm Springs Police Division.
Officers might be looking out for motorists driving underneath the affect of any impairing substance, not simply alcohol. Marijuana can even result in a DUI, particularly together with alcohol or different medicine, police stated.
Checkpoint areas are chosen primarily based on historic information associated to DUI crashes and arrests, based on police.
Drivers caught driving underneath the affect of medication or alcohol can spend time in jail and withstand $13,500 in prices, together with fines, charges, courses, license suspensions and different bills.