PER THE NEWS

8/8/2008 7:32:53 PM

drod posted about it earlier...but thanks for another warning for those that are not on as much or cant post at work

8/8/2008 7:33:22 PM

god damn stupid cops

hey lets spend a billion bucks on overtime and checkpoints

and put it on the fucking news

8/8/2008 7:34:05 PM

Dur Dur Durrrr

8/8/2008 7:34:43 PM

yeah how bout just don't do it

8/8/2008 7:34:45 PM

Quote :

"Drivers: Watch blood alcohol concentration on 08.08.08 DWI checkpoint Posted: Today at 4:01 a.m. Updated: 21 minutes ago Raleigh, N.C. — Friday's date is 08.08.08, but the numbers signify something else to law enforcement – it's illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration above .08. To remind people not to drink and drive, law enforcement agencies throughout the state will conduct a "Booze It & Lose It" campaign Friday. Across the state, officers will set up checkpoints and increase patrols to locate drunken drivers. State officials said they hope the enforcement measure will encourage more residents to comply with the law. "It pays off," said Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison. "It makes a person think, 'I'm going to leave this bar drinking. No, wait a minute. I better not leave. The sheriff may have a check station there or Highway Patrol or Raleigh PD (Police Department)." During a 10-day checkpoint campaign around the July Fourth holiday, law enforcement handed out nearly 1,986 DWI citations at 5,724 checkpoints and patrols. Wake County accounted for 132, Mecklenburg County for 114, and Robeson and New Hanover counties for 61 each. Officials say the ultimate goal of checkpoints is to save lives. Since April, six people in Raleigh have died in wrecks allegedly caused by drunken drivers. Lillian Broox Manis, 17, of Chapel Hill, died on July 12 in a head-on collision at Glenwood Avenue and Lake Wheeler Road with a car driven by Justin Caleb Crouse, 19, of 4612 Limerick Drive in Raleigh. Callers to 911 reported that Crouse was driving drunk hours earlier. Police say Francisco Javier Martinez, 30, of 1925 Village Squire Circle in Knightdale, was driving the wrong way on the Inner Beltline on May 25 when his van struck a sedan. Two brothers – Guillermo Zintzun Jimenez, 26, and Dagoberto Zintzun Jimenez, 21 – and a family friend – Santiago Pascual Tellez, 14 – died. Christine Haithcock Meyers, 41, of 1149 Blackbeard Lane in Raleigh, faces second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Ruben Dario Medina, 34, and his son, Jefferson, 10. The wreck occurred on April 2 at Buffaloe Road at Westminster Drive in Raleigh. Most recently, Raleigh police say Eugene Gill, 35, of Apex, was drunk when he caused a wreck that shut down Interstate 40, near Gorman Street, last Thursday night. Gill and two other people were injured. Last year, nearly 500 North Carolinians died from alcohol-related crashes, and more than 9,000 were severely injured."

8/8/2008 7:35:00 PM

hahah the fucking legal bac limit has something numerically in common with the date so they have some big checkpoint parade

8/8/2008 7:36:00 PM

I wonder if they would have done this if it had fallen on a Monday.

8/8/2008 7:36:49 PM

next week they're gonna run drug sweeps on all the known dealers. as soon as they send them a letter in the mail telling them their house is getting raided

8/8/2008 7:37:10 PM

They're trying to bust all the drunks who will be out celebrating the olympics.

8/8/2008 7:37:26 PM

Quote :

"State officials said they hope the enforcement measure will encourage more residents to comply with the law."

for one night.

8/8/2008 7:38:22 PM

My inspection sticker is expired.

Guess I better get some hot pockets or something for later, no trips to cook out after dark.

8/8/2008 7:39:07 PM

i have an idea.

just for tonight, since they've been talking about this all week, anyone who gets caught drunk driving should be shot and thrown in the ditch to die. clean up the gene pool a bit!!1

8/8/2008 7:40:16 PM

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"law enforcement handed out nearly 1,986 DWI citations at 5,724 checkpoints"

about 1/3 of the checkpoints caught 1 drunk, thats a pitiful waste of resources, i could drive around raleigh and in 30 minutes spot at least 5 drunks behind the wheel

8/8/2008 7:43:58 PM

^^^ so is mine, I just noticed that.

8/8/2008 7:45:22 PM

im 125 miles late on my oil change i better stay home

8/8/2008 7:46:03 PM

^ i chuckled.

8/8/2008 8:05:09 PM

hahahhahahahhahahahaha jackleg makes me

8/8/2008 8:07:46 PM

im off, i dont have to work one



dont drink n drive

8/8/2008 8:19:16 PM

Quote :

" about 1/3 of the checkpoints caught 1 drunk, thats a pitiful waste of resources, i could drive around raleigh and in 30 minutes spot at least 5 drunks behind the wheel"

holy shit, is it really that low?!? i mean, i'm all about them not wasting money on this bullshit-catch-a-college-kid-who-had-one-too-many-drinks-because-its-8/8/8-thing but that statistic is just a smack in the fucking face to how shitty drunk driving operations are--and I'm honestly surprised.

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 8:23 PM. Reason : ^its ok you can drink and drive..most cops do, because they can get away with it ]

8/8/2008 8:23:05 PM

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — Law enforcement agents used sobriety checkpoints to teach teenagers about the dangers of drinking and driving on Friday night. Approximately 60 officers from nine agencies conducted a checkpoint at Fayetteville and Legend roads in Wake County as part of the statewide "Booze It and Lose It" campaign. High schoolers and their parents were on hand to see officers arrest 11 people for driving while impaired and issue one felony and one misdemeanor drug charge. "It brings reality to the myth of drinking and driving," said Jack Lister, a Wake County public-school teacher and instructor with Jordan Driving School. "When they get out here and see what it looks like to be drunk, ... that has a real impact on a student's life." Gary Nagy, of Raleigh, brought his 16-year-old and 15-year-old sons and nephew, a college sophomore, to the checkpoint. Nagy said he hopes the experience shakes them out of any complacency about drunk driving. "I'm looking for this to shock them, so when they have to make that tough decision, I want them to make the right decision," Nagy said. Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison talked to the students, and a BATmobile, one of the state's six mobile breath-testing units, made an appearance at the checkpoint. When a drug dog made a hit in a car, Lister used it as a teaching moment. "Every time (an officer) pulls over a car, they take a risk," he told the teens. "Think about that just a second: If they do a traffic stop and they're out on the street by themselves, they never know what that car has got in it; you never know what an officer's going to run into." Agents issued 124 charges against 74 people, including 11 citations for driving with a revoked license, nine for driving without a license and one for carrying a concealed weapon. The Raleigh Police Department conducted a checkpoint at St. Mary's Street late Friday until 4 a.m. Saturday. The checkpoint netted nine arrests for DWI and 38 other charges, RPD spokesman Jim Sughrue said. State officials chose to launch the Labor Day "Booze It & Lose It" campaign Friday, because the date – 08.08.08 – served as a remind for the legal blood alcohol concentration – 0.08. Lister said a partnership with the Wake County Sheriff's Office has enabled him to bring students out to sobriety checkpoints nearly a dozen times. "It's made a difference from day one," he said. "I have students who have graduated and gone onto college, who come back and talk to me about how, 'That DWI traffic stop I went to changed my life. When the opportunity came and it was time for me to drive, I made a phone call and called a taxi instead of driving while impaired, because I've seen the things that can happen.'" Getting parents involved in such programs is also key to fighting drunken driving among teens and young adults, Lister said. "Education starts at home. .... When we start talking about drinking and driving, it has gone to be supported in the house," Lister said. "So when I bring parents out here, and they stand right beside their son and watch the checkpoint go on and see how it impacts people's lives, I think that's a tremendous impact in a child's life and in a parent's life." Nagy said that after bringing his oldest son to a checkpoint, he made sure that his younger son and nephew got the chance to see one in action. "(My nephew) is exposed to a lot of this, with a lot of college students, and I think it's a great lesson he can take back and share with his buddies of what he's going to experience tonight," Nagy said. Law-enforcement agents, educators and parents agreed that ultimately, the goal of the checkpoints is to save lives. "Drinking and driving affects everybody. .... We've lost quite a few students here in Wake County in the last three or four years," Lister said. Since April, six people have died in crashes involving alleged drunken drivers in Raleigh. In 2007, alcohol-related crashes killed nearly 500 people and severely injured more than 9,000 statewide. "At the end of the day, we want them (our children) to make good decisions, the one that's not going to impact them for the rest of their lives, but ... most importantly, not hurt someone else for the rest of their lives," Nagy said."

8/9/2008 5:59:47 PM

just got a text

checkpoint near wolf creek both directions

9/5/2008 12:34:20 AM

EVERYBODY DRIVIN DRUNK FROM THEIR RNC PARTY

9/5/2008 12:36:19 AM

im surprised

9/5/2008 12:36:25 AM

seems a bit odd to have a check point tonight

9/5/2008 12:37:15 AM

switching it up i guess

thursdays tend to be party nights too

9/5/2008 12:38:59 AM

Quote :

"Friday's date is 08.08.08"

?

9/5/2008 1:32:33 AM