A few years back, I very narrowly avoided a DUI checkpoint on the night before Labor Day and that was only because the door manager warned me about it. That was the best damned $40 I ever spent. The police had established checkpoints at the two most popular routes from the club back to downtown, one of which I was going to take until I was warned. And wouldn't you know it that, at 11:30 pm, the club mysteriously lost power and everyone was filing out around the same time. I was, no surprise, the only one heading back to town using the long route through a business district that was shut down for the night - I'm guessing that the police got quite a haul that night.
Ever since then I have avoided clubbing on any night before Labor Day, Memorial Day, and July 4th, as well as on any weekend leading into those holidays. As much as I hate to miss the last two days before rent is due, there is always the next one.


Geez, RickyBoy, why not just hire a taxi instead of drinking and driving? Too difficult for your puny brain to figure out? Or maybe you can't afford it give you poor abilities when it comes to financial matters (as demonstrated by your pathetic analysis if stock ticker RICK).