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Department will be encouraged to take part. The extra officers are needed to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court guidelines, according to Sgt. Dowdy. “Under the Lowe decision, if the traffic starts to back up, we have to let the cars go through and reduce the checks to a pre-selected pattern, say every third vehicle or every fifth vehicle. That’s why it helps to have all the manpower we can get in case traffic gets heavy.” . Unlike tbe regular details, the DUI road ■ wrilLakwqt&iift held at night, “It/t - mon knowledge that most drunk driving offenses occur at night, especially on weekends,” the sergeant said.
“Not everyone who is stopped will be asked to get out of their cars,” Mr. Luke noted. Motorists who show no signs of alcohol consumption will be allowed to drive on after producing their licenses, the Commonwealth’s Attorney said, adding that the road check program aims to keep public inconvenience to a minimum. But if the trooper notices bloodshot eyes, the smell of alcohol, undue fumbling for a license or other suspicious behavior, the driver will be asked to pull over for the standard investigation, which may include a coordination test and a field alka-sensor test, Mr. Luke said.
Last year, the General Assembly reduced the blood alcohol level that gives rise to a presumption of intoxication from . 15 to . 10. Once that. 10 concentration is reached, it is illegal to
(See DWI, p. 18)
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