Pittsburgh Police have anounced plans to conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving DUI patrols over this weekend, July 29-31.  The patrols will be concentrated in the West End and South Hills areas of the city.

As always, the best ways to avoid a sobriety checkpoint or a roving DUI patrol are: (1) Do not drink and drive; (2) Use a designated driver if you plan on drinking; (3) Call a cab, friend or relative to come pick you up.  These are all much better options than being arrested for DUI and facing fines, mandatory license suspensions, mandatory jail time, increased insurance rates, etc. 

If you need to go back to the South Side, the Strip District, Oakland, or wherever, to get your car the following morning, it is better to do that without the DUI arrest hanging over your head.  You're probably going to have a hangover no matter what, but your hangover is going to be a lot worse if you also got arrested for DUI the night before.