FIVE MOTORISTS ARRESTED IN AREA SOBRIETY CHECKS; DEPUTIES STOP WESTLAKE DRIVERS.Byline: Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) F. Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Daily News Staff Writer Five drunk driving suspects were arrested during the first nonholiday 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. in Westlake Westlake, city (1990 pop. 27,018), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1956. A growing city, its various manufactures include ink and plastics. Village during the weekend. A total of 401 drivers passed through Friday's checkpoint on eastbound east·bound adj. Going toward the east. eastbound Adjective going towards the east Adj. 1. Agoura Road between Lindero Canyon and Lakeview Canyon roads, said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Sgt. Kevin Mauch. Deputies stopped and had a brief chat with each of the drivers and based on their reactions or the smell of alcohol, 15 drivers were asked to get out of their vehicles and perform a field sobriety test, Mauch said. `It was very productive,'' Mauch said. ``We anticipated that we'd do well, but we didn't think we'd do that well.'' One other driver was cited for a vehicle violation. The checkpoint was prompted by a 1998 spike A burst of extra voltage in a power line that lasts only a few nanoseconds. See power surge, power swell, sag and surge suppression. (jargon) spike - To defeat a selection mechanism by introducing a (sometimes temporary) device that forces a specific result. in alcohol-related crashes in Westlake Village. In 1997, the city had no such crashes. In 1998, the number jumped to six, although three of those were committed by the same driver in one night, Mauch said. ``It's like cigarette smoking,'' said Mayor Betty DeSantis. ``We've made a public issue of it.'' Mauch said that although five arrests might be a small percentage of the 401 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint, the number was actually high for an operation of this type. Typically, with 600 to 700 vehicles passing a checkpoint, deputies expect three or four arrests for driving under the influence, he said. ``It's a small percentage, but you still say wow,'' DeSantis said. The checkpoint ran from 8 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday. The arrests came in a cluster during the last hour, Mauch said. The other four hours were used as an education campaign to remind drivers not to drink and drive, Mauch said. ``The general response was very positive,'' he said. ``The attitude that we get from them is that they don't mind being stopped for 20 seconds if it's getting a drunk off the road.'' The Sheriff's Department plans one checkpoint a month, although the next one likely will be in Calabasas or Agoura Hills. ``When people know this too, they'll be more cautious,'' DeSantis said. |
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