The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced it will hold a sobriety checkpoint sometime in March in Texas County.
Sobriety checkpoints –– cooperation with area law enforcement –– are part of the patrol’s efforts to remove careless and impaired drivers from Missouri’s highways. The enforcement operation will be conducted at a location which has been found to experience a higher than normal number of alcohol-related contacts, hazardous driving contacts and traffic crashes.
“The use of sobriety checkpoints enable the Missouri State Highway Patrol to enhance our efforts in removing drugged and intoxicated drivers from our roadways,” Capt. Mark Inman said. “Please, never drink and drive.”
Approximately 63 percent of Missouri fatal crash victims who are required to be restrained are not at the time of the traffic crash. The patrol urges motorists to protect themselves and their passengers by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint.