Local police departments offer these reminders to ensure you have a safe night of fun that doesn’t involve a DUI if you plan
on drinking or are taking medications that can affect your ability to drive:

· Always use a designated sober driver – a friend who is not drinking, ride-share, cab or public transportation – to get home.

· See someone who is clearly impaired try and drive? Take the keys and help them make other arrangements to find a sober way
home.

· Report drunk drivers – Call 911.

· Hosting a party? Offer non-alcoholic drinks. Monitor those who are drinking and how they are getting home.

Getting home safely is cheap, but getting a DUI is not! Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with DUI can expect the
impact of a DUI arrest to be upwards of $13,500. This includes fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspension and other expenses
not to mention possible jail time. Funding for this checkpoint is provided to the Thousand Oaks Police Department by a grant
from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.