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title: "What about Federal Hill DUI stops?"
description: "Federal Hill (Atwells Avenue, Bradford Street, Sutton Street) generates a heavy share of Providence DUI arrests because of the restaurant and bar density. Officers patrol the bar district looking for..."
url: https://riduiguy.com/faq-items/what-about-federal-hill-dui-stops/
date: 2026-05-23
modified: 2026-05-23
author: "The RI DUI Guy"
type: faq
lang: en
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# What about Federal Hill DUI stops?

Federal Hill (Atwells Avenue, Bradford Street, Sutton Street) generates a heavy share of Providence DUI arrests because of the restaurant and bar density. Officers patrol the bar district looking for impaired drivers leaving. Pretextual stops (officer following waiting for any violation) are challengeable in motion practice.

What about Federal Hill DUI stops?(https://riduiguy.com/author/riduiguy/)2026-05-23T02:37:36-04:00