The Utah Highway Patrol makes one out of every three DUI arrests in Utah and, in the summer months, troopers have to be extra vigilant.
SALT LAKE CITY — With summer in full swing, the Utah Highway Patrol is seeing more traffic, as well as an increase in violations that can impact public safety. Summer enforcement initiatives include identifying distracted and impaired drivers.
Today, according to Rapich, the UHP's original mission to patrol Utah's freeways and highways stands, but it has expanded to include providing security at the state Capitol and for the governor. In addition, the agency is part of the Utah Department of Public Safety with a commissioner that is part of the governor's cabinet.
Trooper Julio Roman, who has nearly four years with the UHP, was a police officer in North Carolina prior to moving to Utah. On a recent shift patrolling both directions of I-15 in Utah County, he responded to a citizen complaint of an illegally parked boat in Santaquin. Roman is typically a motor squad officer, patrolling on a motorcycle.He would consistently predict throughout the day, simply observing a car ahead of or behind him, whether they were distracted or would pass us while speeding.
Roman wrote several speeding tickets, including for a motorcycle travelling at 114 mph. Roman first spotted the motorcyclist approaching quickly from far behind. He wagered whether the driver would spot him and slow down. On the way to that citizen complaint about the boat, Roman pulled next to a speeding driver, who didn't notice him prior to a friendly honk or two, and simply motioned for the driver to slow down. The driver complied and the trooper continued on his way.
Just like Roman, Ernstsen has also learned to identify the behaviors that lead him to suspect someone may be impaired. Interestingly, they're almost identical to those associated with distracted driving. In addition, though, impaired drivers often drive without their lights on or the wrong way on a road.
To an untrained eye, the driver appeared to struggle with some of the several field sobriety tests he was asked to perform after stepping out of his vehicle. The driver was not, however, impaired, as a breathalyzer test confirmed. As he approached an intersection, a car in the left turn lane next to us was sitting partly into the intersection on a green arrow and not proceeding. Ernstsen pulled to the left behind the car as it finally pulled away and the car then proceeded to start and stop while driving slowly.
At approximately 1 a.m. Ernstsen saw a driver plow over a concrete median separating two turn lanes. After stopping briefly to check his car for damage, the driver proceeded at 11 mph over the speed limit.
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