Fairfax County police will set up a sobriety checkpoint Saturday as part of the “Checkpoint Strikeforce” campaign to target drunk drivers.
The state-wide campaign began 10 years ago, and police say it’s worked: alcohol-related fatalities have dropped 23 percent in Virginia since 2001. More than 32,000 people were arrested for drunk driving in Virginia in 2010, and more than 29,000 were convicted.
But Fairfax police say there’s more work to be done, since about 19 people a year die in drunk-driving-related crashes in Fairfax every year.
