YOUR APRIL 2018 DUI CHECKPOINTS DATE COUNTY LOCATION TYPE KNOXVILLE DIST 1 4/13/2018 Anderson SR 330 @ Dutch Valley Road Sobriety CHATTANOOGA DIST 2 Type 4/6/2018 Hamilton Central @ Workman dl 4/6/2018 Meigs Highway 58 @ Old Highway […]
Court ruling calls Tennessee DUI conviction ‘fee system’ unconstitutional
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has issued an opinion that essentially froze hundreds of DUI cases. The ruling stems from a DUI Defendant who felt she shouldn’t have been convicted of DUI in March 2017 when the state’s top law enforcement agency was running a multimillion-dollar fee system for more than a decade. When they’re […]
Parental Liability for Child’s Actions and Car Wrecks
PARENTS LIABILITY FOR THEIR CHILD’S ACTS I often get asked by parents: (1) if their child hurts someone in a car wreck, can they be held responsible; and (2) what can they do to protect themselves against individual liability? The answer to the first question is that parents can be held personally liable under Tennessee’s […]
New Cell Phone Law/Updated New Year’s Eve Checkpoints
NEW CELL PHONE PROHIBITION IN SCHOOL ZONES Handheld phone calls in active Tennessee school zones is illegal as of January 1, 2018. This new law makes talking on a cell phone — with the device in hand — illegal in an active school zone. Not only texting, but also talking on a phone in your hand. The law states that it’s an offense — Class […]
Williamson County Labor Day Checkpoints
CHECKPOINTS FOR LABOR DAY AND SEPTEMBER IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting sobriety roadside safety checkpoints in the evening hours on these dates: Monday, August 28, 2017 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. US Highway 31 South Tuesday, August 29, 2017 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Goose Creek Bypass Monday, September […]
Automobile Accidents & Insurance
WHAT TO DO BEFORE AN ACCIDENT We want to help you be prepared before an automobile accident, no matter whose fault it is. One way to do that is to make sure you have enough automobile insurance for yourself and your family. Tennessee Minimum Level of Insurance Coverage Tennessee has a minimum level of mandatory insurance coverage. […]
AUGUST 2017 DUI CHECKPOINTS IN TENNESSEE
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL CHECKPOINT ENFORCEMENT AUGUST 2017 DATE COUNTY LOCATION TYPE NASHVILLE DIST 3 Type 8/4/2017 Wilson 231 @ LoJac Sobriety 8/4/2017 Rutherford Warrior East fof 99 Sobriety 8/4/2017 Williamson 431 @ 840 Sobriety 8/11/2017 Montgomery Hwy 48 @ South of Hawkins Road Sobriety 8/11/2017 Rutherford Warrior Drive seat belt 8/11/2017 […]
DUI Checkpoints/Happy Birthday Cricket!
CINCO DE MAYO AND MAY DUI CHECKPOINTS HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRICKET! The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting sobriety roadside safety checkpoints in the evening hours on these dates: Friday, May 5, 2017 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Carothers Parkway (Cinco de Mayo) Friday, May 12, 2017 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Goose Creek […]
NEW YEARS EVE TRAFFIC AND DUI CHECKPOINTS
NEW YEARS EVE CHECKPOINTS DATE COUNTY LOCATION TYPE KNOXVILLE DIST 1 Type 12/31/2016 Roane US70 @ Caney Creek Road Sobriety 12/31/2016 Campbell SR 63 @ Doaks Creek Sobriety 12/31/2016 Sevier Veterans Blvd @ Center View Rd Sobriety CHATTANOOGA DIST 2 Type 12/30/2016 Hamilton East Brainerd Road @ Morris Hills Sobriety 12/31/2016 […]
July 4th DUI & Traffic Checkpoints
JULY 2016 TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL DUI & TRAFFIC CHECKPOINT ENFORCEMENT DATE COUNTY LOCATION TYPE NASHVILLE DIST 3 Type 7/1/2016 Rutherford S. Rutherford West of 41 Sobriety 7/1/2016 Williamson 5159 US hwy 31 Sobriety 7/1/2016 Montgomery Hwy 48 @ South of Hawkins Road Sobriety 7/1/2016 Cheatham Old Clarksville @ Bearwallow Road DL 7/1/2016 Wilson State […]
