<body><div><p>JACKSON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released a list of sobriety checkpoints across the state for October 2025.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3KtR9K_15U2qlXQ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3KtR9K_15U2qlXQ00" width="1104" height="615" ></figure><blockquote><p>Although sobriety checkpoints remove impaired drivers from road, the primary purpose of checkpoints is to deter driving after drinking among the general population by increasing the perceived risk of being caught and arrested. To do this, checkpoints must be <b>highly visible</b>, <b>publicized extensively</b>, and <b>conducted regularly</b>, as part of an ongoing sobriety checkpoint program.</p><p>– National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (nhtsa.gov); Click here to read further.</p></blockquote><p>The checkpoints for October 2025 are as follows:</p><h2>MEMPHIS DIST 4</h2><ul><li>10/11/2025 Shelby U.S. 70/79 at TDOT west of Mary Alice Drive (Sobriety)</li><li>10/17/2025 Haywood SR 54 North (south of) Cherryville Road (Sobriety)</li><li>10/17/2025 Fayette SR 193 / SR 385 (Sobriety)</li><li>10/27/2025 Shelby SR 204 south of Pleasant Ridge (seat belt)</li><li>10/31/2025 Hardeman State Route 57 AT 20.2 mm (seat belt)</li><li>10/31/2025 Tipton SR 179 (.25 mile east of) 3 mile marker (Sobriety)</li><li>10/31/2025 Fayette SR 76 N of 5mm (dl)</li></ul><h2>JACKSON DIST 8</h2><ul><li>10/3/2025 Weakley Us hwy 45 @ Weakley/Gibson Co Line (Sobriety)</li><li>10/3/2025 Obion US 45 W @ Obion River Bridge (Sobriety)</li><li>10/4/2025 Benton 69A @ Lower Sandy River Rd (Sobriety)</li><li>10/10/2025 Gibson SR 104 @ Fire Station 1 (seat belt)</li><li>10/10/2025 Dyer SR 104 E @ US 412 (Sobriety)</li><li>10/17/2025 Henderson US 412 E, East of Darden Lane (Sobriety)</li><li>10/18/2025 Henderson SR 22A @ 7mm (Palestine Church) (Sobriety)</li><li>10/24/2025 Madison 571 US 412 @ Henderson Co Line (Sobriety)</li><li>10/25/2025 Madison US 45 @ Pinson Rd (Sobriety)</li><li>10/31/2025 Carroll US 70A West of SR 22 Bypass (dl)</li><li>10/31/2025 Henry US 79 @ Steele Rd (Sobriety)</li><li>10/31/2025 Henderson SR 459 / South of SR 200 (seat belt)</li></ul><p>Didn’t see your area? Click the link below to see the full statewide list.</p><h2>THP Sobriety Checkpoints – October 2025</h2><p><i>For more local news,</i> <i>click here</i><i>.</i></p></div></body>

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JACKSON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released a list of sobriety checkpoints across the state for October 2025. Although sobriety checkpoints remove impaired drivers from road, the primary purpose of checkpoints is to deter driving after drinking among the general population by increasing the perceived risk of being caught and arrested. To do this, checkpoints must be highly visible, publicized extensively, and conducted regularly, as part of an ongoing sobriety checkpoint program.

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JACKSON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released a list of sobriety checkpoints across the state for October 2025. Although sobriety checkpoints 

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