The Pennsylvania State Police Troop M – Bethlehem have announced a DUI checkpoint that will be conducted through Sunday, within Northampton County.

A sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint where troopers systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impairment.

As part of Selective Traffic Enforcement Against Drunk Drivers, each PSP Troop conducts sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols within their respective command areas with the goal to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related fatal and serious crashes.

Motorists are reminded of the mandates of Title 75 Section 3733, fleeing or attempting to elude police officer, which stipulates that any driver who willfully fails or refuses to bring their vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police officer, commits an offense, graded up to a felony of the 3rd degree, which carries a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison, a $15,000 fine, and restitution for damages and/or injuries sustained as a result.