NEWS: November 19, 2009
CHP DUI enforcement in Oakland and San Francisco has recently increased on the Bay Bridge. The newly installed “S-Curve,” or as I heard a radio host this morning refer to it as “Mess-Curve,” has resulted in an increase of CHP enforcement. The new section of the San Francisco to Oakland connection is scheduled to be in place for the next four years.
To slow cars down, CHP has lowered the speed limit and increased the number of officers patrolling this section of the Bay Bridge. The result has been a huge increase in tickets for Vehicle Code violations, including DUI arrests.
According to a CHP officer I spoke with recently at a San Francisco DMV hearing last week, although they are not supposed to comment on DUI arrests, he indicated that the number of San Francisco and Oakland Drunk Driving Arrests has increased since the placement of the extra CHP patrol cars.
