There was a large, front-page article in the Kansas City Star on July 5, 2008, which went into some depth about the ineffectiveness of DUI checklanes. The article noted that all metro KC checklanes averaged a DUI arrest rate of 1.6%. The article notes that DUI saturation patrols have an arrest rate of 6.1%. Checklanes are costly, time-consuming and ineffective. This is something I have written about over and over again here, but it is good to see that the mainstream press is covering this issue. As also noted in the article, states that do not allow checklanes have seen their alcohol-related fatalities decline over the last 10 years, while half of the states that do allow checklanes have seen an increase in alcohol-related fatalities.