Las Vegas Police Set Up DUI Checkpoints Over July 4th
Over Fourth of July weekend the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and the Nevada Highway Patrol will be setting up DUI checkpoints throughout Clark County to check for violations of Las Vegas drunk driving law. Two of the locations include Charleston Boulevard at Community College Drive and Paradise Road north of Tropicana. These checkpoints will be in effect starting Friday at 7 p.m. through Saturday at 3 a.m.
Las Vegas drunk driving law makes it a crime to operate a car while intoxicated or with a BAC of .08 or higher. So drivers who aren't technically impaired may still be found liable if their blood contains too much alcohol. Drivers suspected of DUI may be asked to submit to a preliminary breath test, field sobriety tests, and maybe a final breath or blood test.
Penalties for violating Las Vegas drunk driving law depend on the severity of the incident. As long as no one got hurt, a first or second DUI conviction within a seven-year period is a misdemeanor in Nevada carrying a maximum of six months in jail and several other penalties. But a third DUI in seven years is an automatic felony carrying prison. And any DUI that results in substantial injury or death is also a felony carrying prison.
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