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Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are planning to conduct a Driving Under the Influence/ Driver’s License Checkpoint Friday, Dec. 19.

“During the holiday time, it is very important to have a sober driver,” said Deputy Josh Dubin of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

The DUI checkpoint will be at an undisclosed location within the limits of the city of Santa Clarita, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., according to the SCV Sheriff’s Station news release.

Drivers caught driving impaired can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to include jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, other expenses that can exceed $10,000 not to mention the embarrassment when friends and family find out, according to the news release.

“We often get calls from people who have been arrested as a result of these checkpoints,” said Inessa Chavez, vice president of All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita. “I would rather get less calls and have more people safe.”

In California, DUI crimes led to 802 deaths in 2012 because someone failed to designate a sober driver, according to the SCV Sheriff’s news release.  Nationally, the latest data shows nearly 10,000 were killed by an impaired driver. SCV Sheriff’s Station deputies will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment with officers checking drivers for proper licensing.

“Over the course of the past three years in the contract cities policed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, DUI collisions have claimed 33 lives and resulted in 898 injury crashes harming 1330 of our friends and neighbors,” said Sgt. Daniel A. Dail of Traffic Services Detail.

Recent statistics reveal that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their systems, according to the news release. A study of active drivers showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent).  Of the drugs, marijuana was most prevalent, at 7.4 percent, slightly more than alcohol.

“Please drive safely, designate a driver, know your limit,” Chavez said. “Our valley’s Sheriff’s deputies are some of the best and we appreciate everything they do for our valley.”

Funding for these checkpoints is provided to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reminding everyone to ‘Report Drunk Driver – Call 9-1-1, according to the news release.

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