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Bar Owners Annoyed by DUI Checkpoints in Florida

By Morgan Brickley

When it comes to DUI, police are concerned primarily with the safety of drivers. However, when that goal starts to impinge upon the interests of local bars and restaurants that depend upon a steady flow of happy customers, a compromise might be in order. Just such a situation has arisen in the city of Cape Coral, Fla., where a group of downtown bar and restaurant owners were concerned that the frequency of local police?s DUI checkpoints was hurting their businesses, according to a report from ABC 7. Along the Cape Coral Parkway, an area filled with numerous bars and restaurants, DUI checkpoints were becoming a more and more frequent sight. While the flagging economy may certainly have contributed to slow business at some of these restaurants, local business owners have recently voiced the suspicion that the DUI checkpoints may also be hurting their bottom line...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on November 20, 2009 (boomark / email).