DRUNK DRIVERS TO BE NABBED DEPUTIES ALSO PLANNING TO TARGET THE UNLICENSED.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- The Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station plans two checkpoints in the coming weeks at undisclosed locations -- one to catch drunken drivers, the other to get unlicensed drivers. The sobriety checkpoint (programming) checkpoint - Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred. will run from 7 p.m. Friday overnight until 3 a.m. Saturday somewhere within city limits. By law, sheriff's deputies must announce they plan a checkpoint, but they do not have to say where it will be. Typically, locations are chosen based on their high rates of drunken driving activity. Motorists will be stopped briefly, checked for signs they are impaired and, if so, stopped and further tested. The check is designed to be random. The goal, officials said, is twofold -- to deter drivers from drinking before they get behind the wheel and to get drunks to become intoxicated. See also: Get off the road. On Jan. 25, a dual effort is planned for a checkpoint to run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Deputies again will screen for drunken drivers, but they also will use the stop to check drivers to make sure they're properly licensed. Those driving without licenses or on suspended ones will be detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: . |
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