http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465 The Bakersfield police will be holding a DUI checkpoint starting at 6 p.m. tonight, so make sure you don't drink and drive folks (not that you should do it when they don't have a checkpoint!) They haven't said where it will be, so you can't plan some alternate route. They could be ANYWHERE within city limits. My question: Who is drunk by 6 p.m. on Friday? The Bakersfield police will be holding a DUI checkpoint starting at 6 p.m. tonight, so make sure you don't drink and drive folks (not that you should do it when they don't have a checkpoint!) They haven't said where it will be, so you can't plan some alternate route. They could be ANYWHERE within city limits. My question: Who is drunk by 6 p.m. on Friday? en-us <p>Maybe they are planning for the &quot;after work&quot; crowd.&nbsp; It does seem a bit early though.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465/#c_197265 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465/#c_197265 <p>Maybe they are planning for the &quot;after work&quot; crowd.&nbsp; It does seem a bit early though.</p> <p>According to what I've heard on the news of late, checkpoints nab more unregistered &amp; uninsured vehicles, and more unlicensed drivers than drunks. Nothing wrong with that.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465/#c_197341 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465/#c_197341 <p>According to what I've heard on the news of late, checkpoints nab more unregistered &amp; uninsured vehicles, and more unlicensed drivers than drunks. Nothing wrong with that.</p> <p><b>Years ago I was working in Taft.&nbsp;&nbsp;One day my wife needed my car so I bummed a ride to and from work from another employee.</b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Driving to work was no problem:&nbsp;&nbsp; Lots of coffee and even a bag of donuts. </b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>The drive home was another matter:&nbsp; </b></p> <p><b>Work let out at 4:00 PM and at 4:13 PM, the guy giving me my ride stopped at a liquor store in Taft for his &quot;drive home drink&quot; consisting of a one pint bottle of Jack Daniels.&nbsp;&nbsp;From the liquor store he drove straight to McDonald's for a medium coke.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before he had even left the McDonald's parking lot he poured out half of the Coke and&nbsp; poured the entire pint of Jack Daniels into&nbsp;his cup of Coke and was contentedly sipping his favorite beverage while driving.&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Not wanting to end up as a blood puddle, &nbsp;I insisted he drop me off at the small park located&nbsp;along Taft Highway on the outskirts of town where I used a payphone to call a friend for a ride home.</b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>This is <u><i>MUCH</i></u> more common than anyone would realize and I would personally recommend the California Highway Patrol set up a DUI Checkpoint on Taft Highway (near Coles Levee?) between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM on a Friday evening.&nbsp; I would bet the results would more than of-set the time and expense of the checkpoint. Of course, they might need several paddy-wagons to transport all of the drunk drivers!</b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465/#c_202331 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/21465/#c_202331 <p><b>Years ago I was working in Taft.&nbsp;&nbsp;One day my wife needed my car so I bummed a ride to and from work from another employee.</b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Driving to work was no problem:&nbsp;&nbsp; Lots of coffee and even a bag of donuts. </b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>The drive home was another matter:&nbsp; </b></p> <p><b>Work let out at 4:00 PM and at 4:13 PM, the guy giving me my ride stopped at a liquor store in Taft for his &quot;drive home drink&quot; consisting of a one pint bottle of Jack Daniels.&nbsp;&nbsp;From the liquor store he drove straight to McDonald's for a medium coke.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before he had even left the McDonald's parking lot he poured out half of the Coke and&nbsp; poured the entire pint of Jack Daniels into&nbsp;his cup of Coke and was contentedly sipping his favorite beverage while driving.&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Not wanting to end up as a blood puddle, &nbsp;I insisted he drop me off at the small park located&nbsp;along Taft Highway on the outskirts of town where I used a payphone to call a friend for a ride home.</b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>This is <u><i>MUCH</i></u> more common than anyone would realize and I would personally recommend the California Highway Patrol set up a DUI Checkpoint on Taft Highway (near Coles Levee?) between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM on a Friday evening.&nbsp; I would bet the results would more than of-set the time and expense of the checkpoint. Of course, they might need several paddy-wagons to transport all of the drunk drivers!</b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>