Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem announced in a news release Wednesday that they plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint at a location somewhere in Lehigh or Northampton County sometime between Friday, June 24 and Sunday, June 26.
Troopers will systematically stop vehicles to briefly observe drivers for behaviors normally associated with drug or alcohol-impaired drivers.
“The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related fatal and serious crashes, and to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on Pennsylvania’s highways,” the release stated.
Police aren’t required to provide information about where exactly the checkpoint will be held, but they are required by law to alert the motoring public that a checkpoint within a certain geographic area is planned during a certain timeframe.
Drunk and drug-impaired drivers will be the target of a PSP sobriety checkpoint. Photo Credit: www.duiattorney.com