Georgia law allows law enforcement to perform sobriety roadside checkpoints, but they must follow a strict set of guidelines when running a checkpoint. The rules and restrictions are as follows:

• The location of the checkpoint must be announced
• There must be a legal basis for the checkpoint
• Every vehicle must be stopped
• An officer must have probable cause to arrest you
• The checkpoint must be approved by a supervising officer (no rolling checkpoints)

If you are stopped at a checkpoint, you will be asked to provide your license and registration, name and address, and whether or not you have been drinking. You must provide your license and registration, name and address, but you do not have to answer any questions beyond that. While the officer reviews your documents, they will be looking for signs of impairment such as the smell of alcohol, open containers of alcohol, slurred speech, poor eye-hand coordination, admission of alcohol consumption and drug paraphernalia.

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