The Tennessee Highway Patrol will run a series of roadside safety checkpoints across the Jackson District in November, aiming at impaired driving, seat-belt use and driver's license violations, WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News reported Thursday.
The station said troopers will look for signs of alcohol or drug impairment and will also act on other safety violations they see at the stops.
According to the Jackson District schedule published by WBBJ, a safety-belt checkpoint is set for Nov. 13 in Chester County on State Route 100, followed by another safety-belt stop on Nov. 14 in Obion County on U.S. 45W.
Sobriety checkpoints are listed for Nov. 20 in Weakley County on U.S. 45 and Nov. 21 in Henry County on U.S. 79. On Nov. 24, sobriety stops are planned in Gibson County and in Madison County, both on U.S. 45E.
On Nov. 27, the list includes a sobriety checkpoint in Dyer County on State Route 104, a driver's license checkpoint in McNairy County on State Route 22, a sobriety stop in Hardin County on State Route 203, and a sobriety stop in Decatur County on State Route 114. On Nov. 28, sobriety checkpoints are scheduled in Madison County on U.S. 70 and again in Hardin County on State Route 203.
The WBBJ account did not list start times or the precise mile markers for each stop. Drivers who pass through those corridors later this month should expect delays and have a license, registration and proof of insurance ready.
Sources: WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News