The South Dakota Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety checkpoints in 14 counties throughout October. These checkpoints will take place in the counties of Beadle, Bennett, Brookings, Clay, Codington, Custer, Fall River, Jerauld, Lawrence, Marshall, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington and Walworth, according to a release.

The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage people from driving while impaired. The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety is funding the checkpoints, while the South Dakota Highway Patrol will conduct the checkpoints.

South Dakota Highway Patrol reminds drivers that impaired driving is never a good idea regardless of whether there is a checkpoint planned in their county or not. People who have been drinking are urged to designate a sober driver or take an alternate form of commercial or public transportation.