Hwy 29

American Canyon, California•Jun 26, 2003•1 Comments

Many tourists and wine country visitors have to travel along the Hwy 29 corridor through American Canyon to enter the Napa Valley. Traveling North on 29 the Napa County Sheriff�s Vehicles patrol the road constantly. They make a loop on this 2.5 mile stretch of road and seem to be �out and about� in force towards the middle of the month and especially weekends. NCS are contracted out to the city of American Canyon. They drive white crown victorias. Traveling south on Hwy 29 �NCS� park on the downhill side of an overpass and nail you as you are coming down the incline. Do not go wine tasting and drive through this area! Get a designated driver! IF you even smell like alcohol, expect to spend time @ the lovely Napa County Jail. I have been informed that on the weekends the NCS stop ANY car that looks like a visiting tourist for any reason that they can get away with legally, such as out-of-order taillights, registration tags, unsafe lane change. DUI�s are a for the county revenues. p.s. These guys are real jerks.

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California Highway Patrol makes most DUI stops, and most DUI stops are between Jamison Canyon and St. Helena on Highway 29, or on Silverado Trail. They DO watch for intoxicated tourists, but they don't need to look for reasons to stop cars... there's enough drunk driving tourists AND locals to keep them busy way into the night. More than half the DUI stops in any given month are Hispanic males... mostly because they refuse to believe they're not sober enough to drive.
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