The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will be conduct two sobriety checkpoints this Friday night, March 15, 2013, in an effort to battle impaired driving on county roadways.

The first of the two checkpoints will be conducted at the intersection of Hacks Cross and Meadow Vale from 8:30 until 10:30 p.m.

The second of the checkpoints will occur at the intersection of Hacks Cross and Lowrance from 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.

More than 16,000 people are killed every year in the United States due to impaired driving.  Another 305,000 injuries occur due to impaired driving.  Twenty-seven percent of those killed on Tennessee highways are crashes where alcohol was involved.

The checkpoints are fully funded by federal grant dollars.

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The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will conduct two sobriety checkpoints on Friday, Feb. 1 to enforce the “More Cops, More Stops” initiative.

The first checkpoint will be conducted at Riverdale and Holmes from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and the second will be at Hacks Cross and Holmes from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. in Shelby County.

Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 others every year in the United States.

27 percent of those killed in motor vehicle crashes on Tennessee’s highways during 2011 involved drivers with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or above at the time of their deadly crash.

Teens and young adults are particularly at risk.

In 2011, 35 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in Tennessee involved a driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of .08 or higher.

Officers will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment.