On Friday 07 March 2003 00:52, gann wrote: > A tiny fuel cell that detects the alcoholic breath of a > drink-driver and calls the police has been developed <snip>
> I'm in favor of it <snip> Neither you nor anyone else has the right to force me or any other individual to subsidize your welfare. This device, if forced on individuals by a government entity, would violate fourth amendment protections against self-incrimination. DUI laws requiring breath or blood tests do the same thing. DUI laws define a political crime (as opposed to a crime with an actual victim) based on an arbitrary biological baseline (blood alcohol content). Reckless endangerment of another person is a real crime with a real victim regardless of the amount of alcohol or other drugs in the person's system. Laws against reckless endangerment can be enforced without violating constitutionally protected rights. DUI laws need to be abolished. This would all be academic if this were not a socialist country where the roads are built on stolen property with stolen money. If the roads were private property owned by private individuals then you would be free to travel on roads that required onboard breath testers, submission to random searches of your vehicle and body cavities, along with background checks of your criminal history, credit, and bank records if that made you feel safe and secure. If the terms of use of that road company were not to your liking you would be free to travel on a competing company's roads. Live free or die, David Neilson
