Between 350 and 450 cars traveled through the sobriety checkpoint between 9 and 11 p.m. The goal is to deter and intercept impaired drivers. While the smell of alcohol or marijuana can be easy to detect, opioids can be tougher to identify. But troopers are trained to spot that, too.
“Typically when we do a checkpoint we try to stop every car that comes through,” said Lt. Mark Nichols of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Dayton Post. “Then when we approach your vehicle, we’re just going to ask you some quick questions.
“We want to get up there ... make our evaluation very quickly,” Nichols said.
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An OVI checkpoint will be held from 9 to 11 p.m. tonight in Vandalia.
The sobriety checkpoint will be on U.S. 40, and will include patrols in the surrounding area to aggressively combat alcohol-related injury and fatal crashes, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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The checkpoint, funded by federal grants, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. State law requires law enforcement to announce checkpoint times and locations.
The patrol recommends that anyone planning to consume alcohol should designate a sober driver or make other travel arrangements before drinking.
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