Huntsville Police Department announces it will be using money awarded from the State of Alabama ADECA fund for increased DUI enforcement throughout the holiday season including New Years Eve.
The HPD DUI Task Force will be setting up traffic safety checkpoints across the city with an emphasis on detecting DUI violators which historically rise during this time of year. When stopped at one of these checkpoints, citizens will be asked for driver’s license, proof of insurance and a current vehicle tag registration.
Officers will be set up at announced and unannounced locations between now and January 1, 2009 as an effort to reduce DUI related traffic accidents and fatalities. Additionally, Traffic Task Force and patrol officers from all three precincts and shifts will be stepping up specific radar enforcement activities at various locations and intersections to reduce crashes.
Here are some of the locations where checkpoints will be:
West Huntsville:
Drake Avenue and Newsom Road
Drake Avenue and Penny Street
Cobb Road and Hood Road
Bob Wallace and Leeman Ferry Road
Jordan Lane and Mastin Lake
South Huntsville:
Bailey Cove Road and Willowbrook Drive
Bailey Cove and Weatherly Drive
Cecil Ashburn Drive and Donegal Drive
Bideford Drive and Leicester Drive
Andrew Jackson and Pratt Avenue
North Huntsville:
Jordan Lane and Mastin Lake Road
Jordan Lane and Sparkman Drive
Mastin Lake Road and Pulaski Pike
Andrew Jackson and Pratt Avenue
