Crime & Safety
Santa Ana Police to Set Up DUI Checkpoint this Weekend.
Police will be screening drivers to make sure they are sober and properly licensed.
Santa Ana police Thursday announced a drunken driving and license checkpoint this weekend.
Police will set up in the 500 block of West First Street about 9 p.m.. Friday and start screening drivers to make sure they are sober and properly licensed, wrapping up about 3 a.m. the next morning.
An unlicensed driver is almost five times more likely to be involved in a fatal accident than a licensed driver, Santa Ana police said, citing a Department of Motor Vehicles study.
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Drunken drivers will be arrested. Unlicensed drivers could have their cars towed and impounded.
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