Topic: DUI Checkpoint in Putnam Co.

[McGuyver]

Be careful driving home after the game:

TEAYS, W.Va. -- West Virginia State Police will conduct a drunken driving checkpoint this weekend in Putnam County.

The checkpoint will begin at 10 p.m. Saturday at Chapman Funeral Home along W.Va. 34. The checkpoint will end at 2 a.m. Sunday.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1724957792/Police-to-conduct-DUI-checkpoint-this-weekend

[Mako]

If you take the Teays Valley exit, the checkpoint will be right at the split between Teays Valley Road and Scott Depot Road. 

[Taft#1]

How about , don't be a stupid , dangerous dumba** behind the wheel and stay home ?

[Mako]

How about, even if you haven't had anything stronger than Pepsi to drink, the traffic at one of these checkpoints can hold  you up as bad as if there had been an accident?

[Threetu23]

Oh my god! That is awful! We are always told to drive safe and not at all when drunk. This is something devastating for kid’s family. My uncle also drove like this one night and he was telling about a good DUI lawyer in his contact. However, wasn’t happy with his decision at first place only.

[Always THE HERD]

….this will be a bummer for many to hear......BUT why not just don't drink (alcohol) period (driving or NOT driving)?

[greenanwhite]

….this will be a bummer for many to hear......BUT why not just don't drink (alcohol) period (driving or NOT driving)?

So I get having a negative outlook on alcohol if you have been personally impacted by it ie.. parent had/has problems, someone you know was injured.

Personally, I enjoy having a nice IPA or Stout after a long run or busy day at the office... For teetotalers I get it; you do not drink...period.  I for one will never tell someone they are wrong/right for not drinking or drinking (unless that person has a drinking problem). 

So here is my thought, perhaps you should not be so quick to judge people who choose to drink... I can assure you that most people who drink are extremely responsible with it and are certainly not judging those who choose not to drink. 

[ThunderValley]

Why advertise it? You are not helping matters at all. If you want to get the DUI's off the road, don't tell them because they will just go another route.

[2xBison]

Why advertise it? You are not helping matters at all. If you want to get the DUI's off the road, don't tell them because they will just go another route.

pretty sure they are required to make public notice of the check point.

[herdfan129]

These stops are 100% unconstitutional.

Want to stop DUIs, how about we stop giving people multiple chances? Get caught drinking and driving and your ass sits in jail and lose driving privileges for a LONG LONG time. You get caught a 2nd time and you can sit in jail for rest of your life for all I care.

Instead we have innocent families getting killed by some piece of %^&* who already have 8 DUIs before the accident. Pathetic.

BTW, I drink but rarely. I prefer Cannabis (weed.) Which I don't drive while using that either.

[HerdBlizz]

There is no law that says you have to talk to anyone at the stops.  Just hold your license and reg and insurance up to the window.  You are not required to roll down window for them. 

[NoPuntIntended]

There is no law that says you have to talk to anyone at the stops.  Just hold your license and reg and insurance up to the window.  You are not required to roll down window for them.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe you are legally not required to identify unless there is justified suspicion that a crime has been committed. That is why the statement was made that the checkpoints are unconstitutional.

[ThunderValley]

There is no law that says you have to talk to anyone at the stops.  Just hold your license and reg and insurance up to the window.  You are not required to roll down window for them.

If they tell you to pull over to the side, get out of your vehicle, then what?

[Bob25526]

August 2008?

[Green Dog]

This checkpoint is only a concern for time travellers.
The rest of us have no worries.

[HerdBlizz]

Although you are required to provide a license and registration if asked, you are not required to answer any of the police officer’s questions nor to submit to field sobriety tests under your Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination. You always have a right to request to have a lawyer present before answering any questions from the police (whether you have been charged or not) and the police must stop all questioning at that point.

The police may only detain you long enough to determine whether there are signs of intoxication – slurred speech, the smell of alcohol, open alcohol bottles within plain view, glassy eyes, etc. – such that there would be probable cause to arrest you for DUI. If there are no signs of intoxication or any other crime you might have committed, the police must let you go on your way.

[herdfan429]

How about not being a weenie to the officers. I hate checkpoints just as much as the next guy but it’s not like it’s a big deal to show them
Your id and insurance unless you’re doing something wrong

[Thundering In MD]

This checkpoint is only a concern for time travellers.
The rest of us have no worries.

On one of my last trips to Huntington, there was a dude driving a blue GMC TARDIS playing the theme song to Doctor Who, so I wouldn't rule out time travel in Huntington.