DUI check nabs 7 | Napa Valley Register

A California Highway Patrol drunken driving checkpoint Saturday netted seven arrests. Officers also impounded five vehicles.

The checkpoint was on southbound Highway 29, south of Yountville Saturday night. The California Office of Traffic Safety paid for the checkpoint.

22 comment(s)

JustAnotherManicMonday wrote on Oct 1, 2009 8:05 AM:

" Good!!! "

raybo wrote on Oct 1, 2009 8:38 AM:

" The location should quiet some of those who always complain that tourists are never targeted. The Sept. drunk driving report should show some new cities. Good job CHP. "

Napa_Citizen wrote on Oct 1, 2009 9:20 AM:

" :::: Thank You CHP!!! :::: "

post-it wrote on Oct 1, 2009 9:34 AM:

" This article leads one to beleive it was 7 DUI arrests. The last checkpoint reported listed ZERO DUI arrests, but other arrests for driving w/o license and other charges. NVR, Please add the facts. "

magnum wrote on Oct 1, 2009 9:38 AM:

" excellent!!!!! "

IamBobby wrote on Oct 1, 2009 9:53 AM:

" Nice work! And GREAT Location! "

jfz wrote on Oct 1, 2009 10:21 AM:

" 7 arrests + 5 impounded vehicles = KUDOS! "

JustAnotherManicMonday wrote on Oct 1, 2009 10:44 AM:

" Wait - so 7 arrests, but not DUI? Arrested for not having a license? "

c-groom wrote on Oct 1, 2009 10:59 AM:

" Wow! This is great! I just wish we could see the names! Right, guys?! "

Napa_Citizen wrote on Oct 1, 2009 11:14 AM:

" <---doesnt care if a DUI checkpoint lead to arrests for different reasons. KUDOS to our law enforcement! "

not a tourist wrote on Oct 1, 2009 11:59 AM:

" I was driving drunk saturday coming down 29 and luckily was able to see the towtrucks ahead and i knew what was coming i was able to turn around go back through yountville and take the trail....... close one!!!YAY "

realitybites wrote on Oct 1, 2009 12:36 PM:

" raybo - Saturday night is not 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon between Yountville and St. Helena. The tourists are tucked safely in their hotel bed by the time this check point went up. Furthermore, the article doesn't say a single DUI arrest was made. All 7 arrests could be for warrants unrelated to drunk driving. "

JustMyyOpinion wrote on Oct 1, 2009 1:38 PM:

" Wow. Good job, not-a-tourist! Somehow I doubt your story, though. If the check point was south of Yountville, you would have already passed the Yountville exit, no? Rarely, if ever, do they set up check points where there's a way for oncoming traffic to avoid them. "

tsgets wrote on Oct 1, 2009 2:32 PM:

" yeah yeah yeah!!! More law breakers, who thought the law didn't effect them, went to jail!!! Reality checks rule!!! "

realitybites wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:21 PM:

" Yeah, more Napa County residents got busted for victimless crimes on my tax dollar. Funny, I still see people with cell phones stuck in their ears, texting, changing lanes without signals, rolling through red lights - guess there isn't any money to enforce those laws, or it just isn't news worthy. I still haven't seen a DUI checkpoint where the wineries are during a weekend afternoon. Another example of selective enforcement, targeting locals. Tourists generally don't drive home on Saturday night - oh, but we love the drunk driver tourist - I forgot. "

PercussionQueen7 wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:47 PM:

" not-a-tourist: Come here and say that to my face.

My brother, 21 years young, is in his 4th month of rehabilitation after a month and a half in critical care because a drunk motorcyclist in Sonoma decided he needed get back on his motorcycle after drinking at a bar. Yes, the motorcyclist was over the legal limit. We have no idea if my brother will ever speak, walk, play his drums, or even be able to eat normally ever again.

Your actions have consequences. The only offense my brother committed was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Think about whose lives you are taking into your hands when you decide to get behind the wheel after drinking. "

jmo wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:49 PM:

" More details are needed. hours of operation, type of arrests etc. A follow article needs to done. It is already Thursday and this all we get? "

winewoman wrote on Oct 1, 2009 4:56 PM:

" Where's the data? Ususally we'll get # of cars stopped, # of DUI arrests, # of cars impounded, # of cars driven illegally (no insurance, no registration), # of drivers driving without a license, etc. What gives? "

napa1984 wrote on Oct 1, 2009 8:13 PM:

" Percussion Queen7- This is very sad. I work in a Rehab facility, and though my pt population is geriatric, I want to help any way I can because this could happen to any one of us. I wish I could help your brother. Not a Tourist- ARE you Kidding me?? How rude and a few other choice of words. Why would u even say that. Clearing thinking of yourself only because you could take away or hurt somebodys kids, mother, father and so on, life isnt just about you! as for PD- Thanks! "

dsty20 wrote on Oct 1, 2009 10:37 PM:

" they dont need checkpoints, they will get behind u and run your license plate and if u have a warrant-bye bye. Is that fair? "

winewoman wrote on Oct 2, 2009 9:49 AM:

" dsty20, Yes. "

Paddy wrote on Oct 12, 2009 7:46 AM:

" The story from Percussion Queen7 is exactly why these check points are important.

Comments from realitybites are baseless and don't take into consideration the face that those who drive impaired, from alcohol and/or drugs, are like a loaded gun to every other driver's head just waiting to go off.

I don't want me or my kids to ever be in that position. "

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