The weather is nice, people are looking forward to the upcoming weekend, and beer infused with fruit is on the end cap of every grocery aisle.
Summer is nearly here. Of course, with all the good comes some bad: the number of accidents caused by impaired drivers is higher when it’s warmer.
This has not gone unnoticed by law enforcement, and this weekend there are plenty of checkpoints to prove it. Here are five that we know about for this weekend.

Brimfield Township will have a checkpoint tonight (Friday) on State Route 43, near milepost 9. This checkpoint will run from 10 pm until 3 am.

Butler County announced that it will have a checkpoint on Saturday night. The time and location of that checkpoint won’t be released until tomorrow.

Guernsey County will be having a checkpoint tonight from 9 pm to 1 am. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers announced that it will take place on US 22.

Lorain County announced that it will have one tonight, although we do not yet have a location or time.

Pataskala will have one tonight from 9 pm to 1 am on Broad Street, east of Columbia Road, tonight.

As always, our recommendation is that if you drink, you don’t drive.

Thanks to our friends at Hastie Legal Office for the info about Pataskala.

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Now, let’s get down to business.

As of now, we know that Columbus will have a checkpoint on Friday. The release they sent us today was interesting, as it said it would be held from 11 am to 3 pm on South High Street, north of State Route 104. We’re not sure if they’re really planning a midday checkpoint or if they meant to put 11pm to 3 am. Either way, designate your driver if you’re partying in Columbus today.

As always, thanks to our C-bus friends at Hastie Legal Offices for the information.

That’s the only one we know of this weekend as of now. We also know that Cleveland will have one Thursday night starting at 8 pm.

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We got out of bed extra early (for us) to let you know that there will be a checkpoint in Cleveland tonight. It will run from 8 pm to 12 am at Broadway Avenue (eastbound) at Baxter.

We’ll update you as we hear more. For now, drive safe and drive sober. Oh, and don’t forget to visit our Facebook page.

Let us start by apologizing for taking the week off last weekend. We needed some personal time because we’re a sensitive lot over here at the Ohio OVI Blog.

But we’re back this week and better than ever. Or, at the very least, as decent as ever.

We’ve made our calls and emails for this weekend (May 4-6) and have heard about two checkpoints.

The first is in Chillicothe/Ross County, which will have one Saturday night. The location and time details have not been released yet.

The second is in Fremont, where the Ohio State Highway Patrol is holding a checkpoint tonight. It will be on West State Street from 8 pm to 11 pm.

We also have information about a checkpoint this Thursday in Cleveland. The details of this May 10th checkpoint have not been released, but we’ll share them with you as soon as we hear more.

In the meantime, drive safe and come back to visit us for more updates. Have a good weekend.

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We know of at least three checkpoints for this weekend.

The Franklin County DUI Task force announced that they will have a checkpoint Friday night on West Bridge Street, east of Post Road, in the city of Dublin. It is scheduled from 9 pm to 3 am. Thanks to our friends at Hastie Law Offices for this information.

Montgomery County announced that it will have a checkpoint Friday in Clay Township on Ohio 49. We do not have details on the time of the checkpoint.

In Toledo, the Lucas County OVI Task Force will conduct a checkpoint Friday at 9 pm on Dorr Street between Douglas Road and Secor Road. It will run until 1 am.

That’s all for now. Keep checking back and we’ll keep updating. As always, designate a driver if you’re going to drink.

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So far we’ve only heard about one for this (hopefully) sunny weekend.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol will have a checkpoint in Portage County on Saturday night. They will release the time and date information on Saturday morning. We will try to circle back with them for details.

As always, our list is not exhaustive as we depend on several sources for our information. If you hear of another checkpoint feel free to contact us or post it on our Facebook page. We would also do our regular reminder that this blog does not support drinking and driving in any way. We report checkpoints to keep people aware of their rights and raise awareness about how cops are looking to stop drinking and driving. Our advice is always to designate a driver if you’re going to drink.

Opening Day…

As many of you know, last year we did a wonderful article on drinking while watching baseball. One of our intrepid reporters wore an ankle monitor while enjoying the festivities of Cleveland Indians’ opening day. We did the same this year, only this time our undercover source also had a breathalyzer. Apparently he lived this year’s experience to the max, however, and he still hasn’t filed his story. If you saw our writer out on the beat, and you see him again, tell him to sober up and send in his post. In the meantime, enjoy last year’s post again and keep checking back. As soon as we have it, you’ll get to read it.

See you next week. Same time(ish), same blog.

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Get it? It’s actually Good Friday.

That’s enough fun; let’s get down to business. As of this posting we’ve only heard about one checkpoint for this weekend. Stark County will be having one in Canton Township on Friday night. The checkpoint, run by The Ohio State Highway Patrol Canton post, will be on State Route 800 from 9 pm to 1 am. There will also be nearby saturation patrols in Stark County.

As always, our advice is that you designate a driver if you’re going to drink. Stay safe this holiday weekend. We’ll see you next week.

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The number of checkpoints for this weekend is down again, but we have heard about one thus far. The Hamilton County OVI Task force has announced one for this evening.

The exact location of this checkpoint has not been announced, although it will be held in Blue Ash.

That’s all we have for now. As always, if we hear anything else we’ll update the post. Have a great weekend and drive safe.

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Thanks for coming to visit us today. We’re not expecting a big splash this weekend – certainly nothing like the one we got for St. Patty’s Day last weekend – as all of the stations we have called so far are reporting no checkpoints.

That, of course, is always subject to change. We’ll keep hitting our contacts and we’ll let you know if we hear more. In the meantime, drive safe and drive sober.

That’s all for now. Come back and see us soon.

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As you may have heard, St. Patrick’s Day is this weekend. The fact that it’s a holiday that celebrates green beer means that it also attracts cops. What’s more, this time around it’s on a Saturday. So the checkpoints this weekend are aplenty, as the kids say.

Let’s get down to business. First, Friday night.

We haven’t heard about much for Friday, but Columbus will have one on Olentangy River Road, just east of Grandview Heights. It will take place in the area just south of W. 3rd Avenue and run from 9 pm to 3 am.

We’ve also found out that Lima will have one Friday on State Route 309 in Allen County. It will run from 9 pm to 12 am. (To clarify for those sad people – like the author of this post – who watch “Glee,” this is in Lima, not the rough streets of Lima Heights.)

All the other information we have is for Saturday, March 17.

Cleveland will have one on Huron and W. 6th St. They did not give us a time, but it will be after the parade, most likely in the early evening.

Columbus will have one on Saturday in southwestern Columbus. We don’t have any other details yet.

Franklin County will have a checkpoint in the southwestern area of the county on Stringtown Road, west of Gantz Road in Grove City. It will run from 9 pm to 3 am.

Medina County did not report a checkpoint, but they are planning increased saturation patrols in Wadsworth.

North Royalton has one scheduled from 7 pm to 11 pm. It will be on Route 82.

Olmsted Falls has one scheduled for Bagley Road. It will run from 7 pm to 11 pm.

Springfield has announced that it will work with the Ohio State Highway Patrol to conduct a checkpoint Saturday night. They have also announced increased patrol units for Friday and Saturday night.

Summit County will have one in Akron on Portage Trail. We didn’t get an exact time, but expect it will run from 7 pm to 11 pm.

UPDATED: Portage County/Ravenna reported that The Ohio State Highway Patrol will run a checkpoint on State Route 43 tonight from 10 pm to 3 am.

That’s all we have for now. We’ll keep updating this post and others over the weekend.

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