Right Voices

If you were out driving over the weekend, no doubt you saw police out in full force. If you were in DC this past weekend, you may have seen the citizen patrol: “Kennedy Sobriety Checkpoint”.

Public Advocate of the United States, a Virginia based pro-family group, announced their “Kennedy Sobriety Checkpoint” has been a success. Checkpoints on Capitol Hill in Washington to protect citizens against Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy (D-Ma.) or Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) resulted in no impaired drivers named Congressman or Senator Kennedy being stopped this weekend.

“Citizen volunteers have responded to the call and we have erected checkpoints at several intersections to prevent any Kennedy from driving in an impaired manner on Capitol Hill,” said Public Advocate President Eugene Delgaudio. “We selected the long Memorial Day weekend due to the increased potential for a repeat of earlier car accidents.”

Volunteers patrolling in front of the U.S. Capitol and in front of the Supreme Court are attempting to prevent a repeat of Kennedy-related car accidents in Washington. Due to the nature of the problem, the checkpoints are mobile units comprised of two dozen people alternating positions around the Capitol.

Volunteers wear bright orange or yellow vests, yellow construction hats, and carry traffic cones, and traffic directional signs (stop, slow down, go) and posters that identify them as the “Kennedy Sobriety Checkpoint.”

Public Advocate designed the checkpoints to raise public awareness and to discourage impaired driving by Senator Ted Kennedy or Congressman
Patrick Kennedy. The ultimate goal is to ensure the roads are safe for all motorists by achieving voluntary compliance of the drinking and driving laws by all Kennedys in Congress. That was accomplished this weekend.

“We will be out there again and again as often as we need to in order to continue with our success in reducing the number of Kennedy involved drunk driving incidents,” said Delgaudio.