Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Services Detail held a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and driver’s license checkpoint at Pacific Coast Highway and Webb Way on Friday, June 22, from 7 p.m. – 3 a.m.
The checkpoint resulted in:
- 931 vehicles screened
- One arrest on other criminal charges
- 10 drivers cited/arrested for operating a vehicle unlicensed or while suspended/revoked
- 14 citations issued
The arrests are down from the last DUI checkpoint held in January, which yielded 14 arrests.
A DUI arrest can lead to jail time, fines, DUI classes, license suspensions and other fees that can exceed $10,000.
According to the released results, a study on active drivers revealed that more people tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) as opposed to alcohol (7.3 percent).