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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Sargent County Sheriff’s Office, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at a pre-determined location in Sargent County. The checkpoint will run from approximately 8pm to 10pm.  Immediately following the checkpoint, Highway Patrol troopers and Sargent County deputies will be on patrol in Sargent County to detect and apprehend impaired drivers.

65 people have died in traffic crashes on North Dakota roadways in 2013. Thirty-four percent of the victims died in alcohol-related crashes. Sobriety checkpoints are an important enforcement tool and public education effort aimed at reducing alcohol-related crashes.

The primary purpose of a sobriety checkpoint is to deter the deadly practice of drinking and driving. Public information and education increase the perception of “risk of apprehension” of motorists who would operate a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs. Advanced notification of the checkpoint, including date, time, general location and duration of the checkpoint, is provided to the public to enhance the deterrent effect. The delay should be minimal for sober drivers passing through the checkpoint.