DUI Dodger

What DUI Dodger does

DUI Dodger, doing business as DUI Checkpoints Finder, is an independently operated web-based public safety resource headquartered in Orange, California. The platform aggregates and publishes DUI and sobriety checkpoint information sourced from law enforcement agencies across more than 30 U.S. states, organized down to the county and city level. Core products include a searchable Checkpoint Locations Directory, a 'Report a Checkpoint' community-submission feature, a BAC calculator, and an educational DUI Rights / Miranda Rights portal, all delivered through a single WordPress-style website (duicheckpointsfinder.com). The site also publishes a regularly updated blog ('DUI Checkpoints Tonight') that drives organic search traffic.

The company operates a direct-to-consumer, free-to-user model with no registration requirement. Monetization is limited to optional PayPal donations (suggested amounts of $1-$10) and featured listings for two California-based DUI defense attorneys (Law Office of John A Campanella in Sacramento and Law Office of Hieu Vu in Tustin), which function as referral links rather than formal partnerships. Distribution is entirely organic, relying on SEO, blog content, an Instagram page, a Facebook page, and inbound citations from local news outlets such as Patch, sacbee.com, Shore News Network, and BayNet. The 12 U.S. states where DUI checkpoints are prohibited under state law (Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming) are explicitly excluded from coverage per the Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz (1990) framework.

Operationally, the company is small (1-10 employees), privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no formal management team information available. The site is verified and maintained by Dinesh K Verma. There is no mobile app, no API, no integrations, and no AI or ML capabilities disclosed in the source material. The business is best characterized as a niche content/SEO property rather than a venture-scalable enterprise.

Name

DUI Dodger

Website

http://www.duicheckpointfinder.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DUI Dodger (DUI Checkpoints Finder) is a free, independently operated web platform that aggregates DUI checkpoint locations across 30+ U.S. states for individual drivers, supported by optional donations and attorney referral listings.

Ownership category

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Product category

Public Safety Information Services

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Traffic Enforcement & Road Safety (Highway Patrol, DUI, Collision Investigation)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Law Enforcement & Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS)

Keywords

• DUI checkpoint locator
• Sobriety checkpoint finder
• BAC calculator tool
• DUI enforcement alerts
• Traffic safety information

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Donations: Optional PayPal donations from users who find the service valuable. Suggested amounts of $1-$10.
2. Attorney Referral Links: Featured legal partner listings (Law Office of John A Campanella, Law Office of Hieu Vu) with contact referral links. Site disclaimer notes attorneys are independent and DUI Checkpoints Finder does not provide legal services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DUI Dodger (operating as DUI Checkpoints Finder) is a free, web-based public safety platform that aggregates and publishes verified DUI checkpoint, sobriety checkpoint, and DUI enforcement updates across 30+ U.S. states, organized by state, county, and city. The platform supplements its core checkpoint directory with a BAC calculator, a DUI Rights information portal (including Miranda Rights), a user-submitted checkpoint reporting feature, and a regularly updated blog of nightly checkpoint listings. The site is supported by optional PayPal donations and attorney referral links.

Product overview

DUI Checkpoints Finder is a single unified public safety information platform that aggregates and publishes verified DUI checkpoint, sobriety checkpoint, and DUI enforcement updates across the United States. The core product is the Checkpoint Locations Directory, which is supplemented by a BAC Calculator tool for educational purposes, a DUI Rights information resource (including Miranda Rights), a Report a Checkpoint feature for user submissions, and a blog for ongoing news and enforcement updates. The platform operates as an independent resource and does not provide legal advice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DUI Checkpoints Finder Platform An independent public safety website that aggregates and publishes verified DUI checkpoint, sobriety checkpoint, and DUI enforcement updates across 30+ U.S. states. It allows drivers to browse checkpoints by state, county, or city and is available free of charge to the general public.
• Checkpoint Locations Directory A searchable directory providing checkpoint information organized by state, county, and city across 30+ U.S. states including California, Arizona, Florida, and others.
• BAC Calculator A blood alcohol concentration calculator tool that helps users understand their BAC levels and the associated risks of impaired driving, for educational purposes.
• DUI Rights Information Portal An educational resource providing information about DUI-related legal rights, including Miranda Rights information and checkpoint procedures for drivers in the United States.
• Report a Checkpoint A community feature allowing users to submit reports of DUI checkpoint locations and enforcement activities for inclusion on the platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Promotes public safety by increasing awareness of DUI enforcement, potentially reducing impaired driving incidents

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Law Office of John A CampanellaminorOthersIndependent DUI defense attorney featured as a legal partner on the website. Located in Sacramento, CA with 3.9 rating (15 reviews) on Google. CA Bar verified. Contact information provided. DUI Checkpoints Finder is not affiliated and does not provide legal services; attorneys are listed independently.
• Law Office of Hieu VuminorOthersIndependent DUI defense attorney featured as a legal partner on the website. Located in Tustin, CA with 4.9 rating (75 reviews) on Google. CA Bar verified. Contact information provided. DUI Checkpoints Finder is not affiliated and does not provide legal services; attorneys are listed independently.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Waze: Community-driven navigation app that includes user-reported police, checkpoint, and traffic enforcement alerts. Waze offers overlapping capability to DUI Checkpoints Finder through crowdsourced police reporting, though at lower DUI-specific granularity and broader scope.
• BACtrack: Consumer-facing BAC tracking device and app company. BACtrack shares DUI Checkpoints Finder's target audience (drivers monitoring their own impairment) and offers overlapping educational BAC content, though it focuses on personal-use measurement rather than checkpoint location.

Broad incumbents

• Uber: Major ride-hailing platform positioned as a safe alternative to driving after drinking. Uber addresses the same underlying problem (preventing impaired driving) but through transportation rather than information, and at much larger scale.
• Lyft: Major ride-hailing platform that explicitly markets designated-driver and sober-ride messaging. Comparable to DUI Checkpoints Finder as a competing approach to the impaired-driving problem, but with vastly greater scale and a transportation rather than information offering.
• TomTom: Navigation and mapping platform with community-reported traffic incidents including speed cameras and enforcement zones. TomTom addresses some of the same driver-awareness use cases as DUI Checkpoints Finder through a global navigation product rather than a DUI-specialized directory.
• Google Maps: Dominant consumer navigation platform with community-reported incidents including police presence. Google Maps serves many of the same route-planning and traffic-awareness use cases as DUI Checkpoints Finder but at vastly larger scope and without DUI-specific content focus.

Others

• Avvo: Online legal services marketplace that prominently features DUI defense attorney listings and consumer-facing DUI legal Q&A. Comparable to the attorney referral layer of DUI Checkpoints Finder, though at substantially larger scale across all practice areas.
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD): National advocacy organization addressing impaired driving through awareness, victim support, and policy reform. MADD sits at the opposite end of the impaired-driving information spectrum from DUI Checkpoints Finder and represents the principal advocacy counterweight to its value proposition.
• FindLaw: Consumer-facing legal information portal covering DUI laws, penalties, and rights across U.S. states. FindLaw's DUI Rights section directly overlaps with the educational content DUI Checkpoints Finder publishes, though at much broader legal scope.
• Citizen: Real-time public safety alert app delivering hyperlocal incident notifications to users. Citizen overlaps with DUI Checkpoints Finder's real-time, location-based safety information model, though it covers a much broader incident taxonomy and serves a different primary use case.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/209022252443451
• Instagraminstagram.com/duicheckpointsfinder
• Xx.com/duidodger

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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