A Friday night DUI checkpoint by KC police and the Missouri Highway Patrol:
- 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
- 39th Terrace and Southwest Trafficway
- Northbound traffic
- 1,027 vehicles stopped, 23 DUI arrests (8 K.C.P.D, 15 MSHP), 3 marijuana possession charges, 4 city warrants, and 2 felony warrants
(23 / 1,027) * 100 = 2.2 percent. Partial list of past results:
To-do list:
- Find NHTSA or academic, peer-reviewed studies that correlate sobriety checkpoints with alcohol-involved accident rates or other measure(s) of effectiveness.
