Las Vegas is best known for their casinos, 24-hour bars/convenient stores and being the city that never sleeps. But for Las Vegas residents, it’s known as a kill zone for pedestrians Las Vegas ranked 15th of 34 major U.S. cities for pedestrian deaths with 2,500 walkers killed per 100,000 residents according to the National Highway Safety Administration in a LA Times article. I want you to understand who, what, and how we are all affected by this Las Vegas issues that is increasing rapidly. On a daily basis while watching the TV or roaming on Facebook we see articles from news stations saying “One killed after jaywalking”, “One killed by a hit-and-run.” It’s a sad truth that Valley residents must live with. The Las Vegas Metro Police Traffic
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There is a website called DUIBlock.com that updates where there will be checkpoints. It makes people know where the checkpoints are happening and at what time. Now, according to Las Vegas Review Journal article many GPS systems will feature sobriety checkpoints on your route. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education says that Twitter is a tool to warn others about sobriety checkpoints. Twitter content either described one’s experience driving through a checkpoint or acted as a warning to others regarding the exact location of a checkpoint (Seitz). Many people argue that when a sobriety checkpoint is happening, there is crazy traffic. When approaching a sobriety checkpoint, the police ask a couple of questions to prove that you have not been drinking. If they suspect you are, they will ask you to get down an either take a breathalyzer test or the 3 standardized flied sobriety tests. The checkpoints might last longer the 20 minutes individually which will be holding back traffic. Others tend to have less patience then others and they might be able to cause problems with the cars around them and police. People say that doing DUI checkpoints violates their rights in the U.S. Accident Analysis & Prevention said 13 states do not conduct checkpoints either because of legal or policy issues (Fell). The community says that if police see no reason to stop them at a DUI checkpoint then they shouldn’t. Personally I have been stuck with my aunt at a checkpoint before and she was having extreme anxiety when waiting for her turn to come. Not because she had anything to hide but because she is illegal here in the U.S and fears of being deported. Many individuals question if the sobriety checkpoints are actually
There is a website called DUIBlock.com that updates where there will be checkpoints. It makes people know where the checkpoints are happening and at what time. Now, according to Las Vegas Review Journal article many GPS systems will feature sobriety checkpoints on your route. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education says that Twitter is a tool to warn others about sobriety checkpoints. Twitter content either described one’s experience driving through a checkpoint or acted as a warning to others regarding the exact location of a checkpoint (Seitz). Many people argue that when a sobriety checkpoint is happening, there is crazy traffic. When approaching a sobriety checkpoint, the police ask a couple of questions to prove that you have not been drinking. If they suspect you are, they will ask you to get down an either take a breathalyzer test or the 3 standardized flied sobriety tests. The checkpoints might last longer the 20 minutes individually which will be holding back traffic. Others tend to have less patience then others and they might be able to cause problems with the cars around them and police. People say that doing DUI checkpoints violates their rights in the U.S. Accident Analysis & Prevention said 13 states do not conduct checkpoints either because of legal or policy issues (Fell). The community says that if police see no reason to stop them at a DUI checkpoint then they shouldn’t. Personally I have been stuck with my aunt at a checkpoint before and she was having extreme anxiety when waiting for her turn to come. Not because she had anything to hide but because she is illegal here in the U.S and fears of being deported. Many individuals question if the sobriety checkpoints are actually