The Florida Highway Patrol has announced its August checkpoints for license and equipment checks. The FHP media release listed the checkpoints for each county in the Tampa Bay area in a media release Wednesday.
According to the release, troopers “will be conducting driver license and vehicle inspection checkpoints during the month of August 2012 throughout the seven county region of Troop C on the roadways listed below. Recognizing the danger presented to the public by defective vehicle equipment, troopers will concentrate their efforts on vehicles being operated with defects such as bad brakes, worn tires and defective lighting equipment. In addition, attention will be directed to drivers who would violate the driver license laws of Florida.
“These checkpoints are random, daytime operations that typically delay motorists for a few minutes only. Local supervisors select the time, location and duration of the checkpoints on the roadways listed below based upon staffing, weather and traffic conditions.”
Hernando County –
County Roads: 476, 480, 481, 484, 491, 493, 495, 541, 580, 572, 576, 581, and 597
Local Roads: LaRose Road, WPA Road, Yontz Road, Kettering Road, Reynolds Road, Daly Road, Ridge Manor Boulevard, Grove Road, Horse Lake Road, Osowaw Road, and Barrett Road
“The Patrol has found these checkpoints to be an effective means of enforcing the equipment and driver license laws of Florida while ensuring the protection of all motorists,” according to the release.