The Shelton Police Department will conduct a DUI enforcement checkpoint on Friday, September 3, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., at Bridgeport Avenue by Constitution Blvd South, and Howe Avenue by West Street.
The checkpoint will be headed by the Shelton Police Traffic Division with assistance from the patrol division. The checkpoint is being partially funded by a grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation. The goal of the checkpoint is to make the roads in Shelton a safer place to drive. Drivers are reminded that drinking and driving do not mix.
According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, the percentage of alcohol related fatalities in Connecticut during 2007, 46%, was slightly higher than the national average of 41% and slightly above the 41% in the other New England States. Of the Connecticut fatal crashes, 39% were estimated to have been ​“high” Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) crashes – (BAC 0.08). The national estimate for ​“high” BAC crashes was 35% and was 38% in the other New England states.
