With tools like text messaging, iPhone, Twitter, and other social networking websites, avoiding DUI checkpoints is now easier than ever before. The Arizona Republic reports that with Twitter, drivers can warn each other with "tweets" of where DUI checkpoints are.
It might not be difficult to find an Arizona DUI attorney that is supportive of the spreading of information regarding the locations of DUI checkpoints. However, some community members, law enforcers, and public safety officials believe that spreading information about where DUI checkpoints are located actually encourages people to drive drunk. After all, if you know where are all the DUI checkpoints are then aren't you less likely to be arrested for driving under the influence? Law enforcers now face dilemmas with technology when doing checkpoints or saturation patrols.
"New technology brings us new challenges, whether it's warfare or DUI," Wayne Ziese, a spokesperson for the Office of Traffic Safety in California, told Arizona Republic.
Mr. Ziese says that law enforcement officers have not yet figured out ways to tackle such problems of instant communication through the internet. Internet users can follow CheckpointsDUI on Twitter to check out DUI locations around the country. The iPhone applications Trapster and Buzzin' also allow users to locate sobriety checkpoints in their area.
It's important to realize that the best way to avoid a DUI is to simply not drink and drive. Avoiding a DUI checkpoint will not necessarily guarantee that a police officer won't pull over a DUI suspect for a traffic violation. For questions about the legal procedures of a DUI arrest, talk to a Phoenix DUI attorney.
Related Resources:
- Field Sobriety Tests and Sobriety Checkpoints (FindLaw)
- Can You "Twitter" Your Way Out of a DUI? (FindLaw's KnowledgeBase)
- See a Phoenix DUI Attorney (FindLaw)
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