The Kansas City Police Department conducted sobriety checkpoints this past Friday at two locations in the city — including one here in Northeast at Interstate 435 and Winner Road on the northbound exit ramp.
The police stopped a total of 205 vehicles, and they made a total of seven Driving while Under the Influence arrests, along with one arrest on a state charge of driving while license revoked, one city charge of driving while revoked and four other traffic charges.
We’re hoping none of those seven DUIs came from Northeast folks headed home.
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“Barrel Bob” reminds drivers to be safe through construction on Interstate 29/35. Submitted photo |
We got a chuckle out of the kcICON folks’ newest idea for keeping drivers at a safe speed through the Interstate 29/35 corridor. “Barrel Bob,” a 10-foot tall, orange barrel man is currently pointing the way to safe travels through the kcICON corridor at Parvin Road.
Barrel Bob is a product of the quite creative Robert Ohl, a Clarkson Construction employee. It took about 10 hours to build and wears standard safety gear, including a reflective body, hard hat and safety glasses.
Hopefully “Bob” will catch people’s eye and bring safety to their attention rather than stealing their attention away from the road!
