If you don't want to blow $10,000 this weekend, the Orange County Sheriff's Department has a tip.
They'll be actively stopping vehicles Friday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at an undisclosed Lake Forest location and checking for drunk and high drivers.
Getting caught could cost you a lot:
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- jail time
- a suspended license
- insurance increases
- fines
- fees
- DUI classes
All that combined can add up to more than $10,000, said Sheriff-Coroner spokesperson Gail Krause.
In 2011, 774 Californians died in accidents in which at least one driver was driving drunk, Krause said. That's about one-third of all traffic deaths, said Christopher J. Murphy, director of the Office of Traffic Safety.
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The number of DUI deaths has been declining since 2006, Murphy said, and he thinks DUI checkpoints are responsible.
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