The Franklin County DUI Task Force is holding two separate sobriety checkpoints Friday night in southeast Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Franklin County DUI Task Force is holding two sobriety checkpoints Friday night on the southeast side of Columbus.

The first will be located on Hamilton Road at Harbor Boulevard from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The second is scheduled from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Refugee Road west of Hamilton Road.

The task force wants to impress upon those who will be consuming alcohol to plan for a designated driver or make other arrangements.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Why are the locations and times of a sobriety checkpoint released?

Guidelines issued by the NHTSA instruct law enforcement to “aggressively” publicize the locations.