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Checkpoint Strikeforce

The Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (along with the mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia) is a highly focused, zero tolerance, continuous, state-to-state effort to bust drunk drivers and bust them good.

Every week from July 4, 2007 through January 4, 2008, DUI checkpoints will be conducted by law enforcement officials on designated roadways throughout the mid-Atlantic region. In addition, and as a means of supporting this unprecedented public safety effort, the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) is coordinating a more than three-quarters of a million dollar public education campaign in DC, MD and VA.

Checkpoint Stikeforce is the impaired driving mobilization campaign for NHTSA Region 3. NHTSA's national impaired driving mobilization campaign is Drunk Driving — Over the Limit. Under Arrest.

2007 Click It or Ticket :

2007 Checkpoint Strikeforce
Kickoff Photos

NTSB SAFETY ALERT: Nation Stuck in 'Decade-Long' Plateau of Drunk Driving Deaths
(November 1, 2007) In 2006, 17,602 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes. NTSB Chair Mark Rosenker said that "hard core drinking drivers" — those who drive with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent or greater, or who are arrested for driving while impaired within 10 years of a prior DWI arrest — are involved in about 54 percent of those fatal crashes. Read more

Virginia Law Enforcement Mobilizes In Statewide Sobriety Checkpoint Blitz
(August 28, 2007) 2006 Spike in Local Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities Signals Warning

Resources
NEW! Checkpoint Strikeforce Web Site (for NHTSA Mid-Atlantic Region)
Checkpoint Strikeforce Data Form [Word document] [Acrobat PDF]
NEW! 2007 Checkpoint Strikeforce Promotional Poster [Acrobat PDF]
NEW! 2007 Checkpoint Strikeforce English Radio Spot: "Meet Shannon" (mp3)
NEW! 2007 Checkpoint Strikeforce Spanish Radio Spot: "Carmen" (mp3)
NEW! 2007 Checkpoint Strikeforce Virginia Fact Sheet [Acrobat PDF]
NEW! 2007 Checkpoint Strikeforce Virginia Press Release [Acrobat PDF]
New Virginia DUI Laws
3 Ways to Keep a Friend Alive Brochure (Spanish/English) Information only. Brochure available from NHTSA.
NHTSA Alcohol Programs
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
National Commission Against Drunk Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP)