OK, so details about checkpoints for this upcoming weekend are pouring in now. Below you will find the information we have about checkpoints in Cleveland, Columbus, Bratenhal, Portage County, Ravenna, Walton Hills and Zanesville the next few days. As always, the easiest way to avoid getting caught driving drunk is to designate a driver...
Good Thursday to you, Ohio. After a rocking three-day period on the site last weekend – we had more than 10,000 pageviews over the holiday! – we are back to get you started with information for this weekend. As of right now, there is only one checkpoint scheduled this week in Northeast Ohio. Parma...
Happy Saturday, Ohio. As we mentioned in previous posts, the holiday weekend will have cops out in full force to stop intoxicated drivers. Our bright idea for handling this: Designate a driver if you’re going to drink. Further proving our point that the cops will be out in strong numbers is a checkpoint in...
Good afternoon Northeast Ohio. It’s time once again for us to talk about road safety this summer. Later today we’ll be posting some information about a checkpoint in Akron last weekend. For now, let’s say this: the police caught a lot of intoxicated drivers. So we’ll remind you once again, please keep our streets...
A judge ruling last week stated that Ohio officials cannot prove that a portable breath tester intended to be a statewide standard for the detection of drunken drivers is producing accurate and reliable results. Judge Gary Dumm of Circleville Municipal Court (Columbus area) ruled that test results from the cleverly named Intoxilyzer 800 will...
Cleveland announced today that officers from the First District will be operating a sobriety checkpoint on Thursday, June 2, 2011. The exact location will be posted Thursday morning. Like us? Why not follow us on Facebook .
We received a press release from the Cleveland Division of Police that there will be a checkpoint today (Wednesday, May 25) in the Fourth District as part of an overall effort from the city to reduce the number of alcohol-related accidents. The DUI checkpoint is located at Harvard Avenue at E. 67th Street. The...
There are three phases involved when an officer arrests you for an OVI. Back in January we tackled phase one, vehicle in motion. This post is solely dedicated to Phase Two, personal contact. The first task of Phase Two, observation and interview of the driver, begins as soon as the suspect vehicle and patrol...
Good Friday to you Ohio OVI readers. We wanted to share with you some information on a checkpoint in Medina County tonight. The Ohio Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Brunswick Police Department, will have an OVI checkpoint from 8 pm to midnight tonight along U.S. Highway 42 in Medina County. The checkpoint will...
Happy Friday, Northeast Ohio. We wanted to share a quick update with you. As we mentioned in our checkpoint blog yesterday, there are checkpoints in Elyria, Akron (tentatively) and Cleveland this weekend. We finally got the details on Cleveland’s checkpoint. It will be at Broadway and Fleet Avenues between 9p and 1a tonight. As...
