You don't see reducing the number of drunk drivers on the road as a public service? In California it is widely advertised that there will be sobriety checkpoints set up during holidays (Memorial Day and New Years Eve come quickly to mind - there may be a few others like July 4th and Labor Day as well). TV, radio, newspapers all carry the story. It's not like the other countries where this is a random thing that happens all the time.
Drunk driving arrests have gone up, accidents and deaths caused by drunk drivers have been reduced, and the roads are a little bit safer. I do not consider this to be any more an invasion of my privacy or an infringement on my rights than some drunk assh*le smashing head on into my car, wiping it out, and hospitalizing me, or worse. Every time there's an accident involving a drunk driver there are any number of people who complain that "they should get those drunks off the road." How might one get the drunks off the road unless there's some way to check to see who's driving drunk? Shel > [Original Message] > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/20/2005 7:53:36 AM > Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing > > Yes, but we fought a war, and won to get out of that kind of thing. So > here it is something to get angry about, the US government is supposed > to be our servant not the other way around. > Rob Studdert wrote: > > >On 20 Oct 2005 at 13:04, Don Williams wrote: > > > > > > > >>In Finland, being stopped by police on > >>the road is routine. They flag you down > >>and present you with a breathalyser tube > >>saying 'blow please'. > >> > >> > > > >The same happens in Australia, they can be stationary with 10+ police in a > >production line style affair by the side of the road. A driver can also be > >asked to pull over for a breath alcohol test at any time, they also always > >check licenses during "breath tests". It's a guilty until proven innocent > >affair, refusal to comply is an offence in its self.
