The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department has announced that a sobriety checkpoint will be held in the county sometime during the month of May.
The Sheriff’s Department is teaming up with the Northwest Missouri DWI Task Force to hold the checkpoint.
“We appreciate the cooperation of motorists that find themselves passing through a checkpoint,” Deputy Sarah Hardin said in the news release. “Our goal is to take impaired drivers off the roads making them safer. If you find yourself in a checkpoint please pay extra attention to the posted signs and the officer working to make your community safer.”
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration drunk driving kills more than 10,000 people every year. On average in 2012, one person was killed every 51 minutes in alcohol impaired driving crashes.
“The goal is to reduce drunk/impaired driving,” Hardin said. “We encourage the use of a designated driver or a taxi cab if you are going out. Please remember drive sober and always wear you seatbelt.”