Lawyer’s Controversial Flyer Helps Drivers Pass Through DUI Checkpoints

Fox News Insider ^ | Feb 18 2015 10:04 am

[Olog-hai]

A controversial new flyer is helping some people dodge DUI checkpoints, without even speaking a word to the police.

Motorists who pull up to sobriety checkpoints are holding up the “Fair DUI Flyer.” The flyer reads “I remain silent, no searches and I want my lawyer,” along with a short list of state laws.

Drivers who are passing through DUI checkpoints don't roll down the window, but instead display the flyer with their driver’s license, insurance and registration. …

[SandRat]

Anoher accessory before the fact in the drunken felony.

[dware]

How about a reasonable middle-ground?

Yeah, I mean, like you said, if you ain't doing nothing wrong, you shouldn't mind being pulled over and chatting with a cop for a bit, huh? Better yet, if you ain't got nothing to hide, then you should be perfectly ok with government spying, right? Hell, if that's the case, then there should also be no issues with the cops doing random searches of your house without a warrant, right? I mean, if you don't have anything to hide, right? Sure! Let's do that!

[matthew fuller]

Seems to me that an officer needs to be able to see both sides of a driver’s license, because restrictions (if any) are shown on the reverse of the license.

[Defiant]

I can see some useful auto aftermarket items to go in conjunction with this. The biggest danger is opening the window--it allows the cops to make up all kinds of stuff. At a DUI checkpoint, they can't make you open the window, but if you get pulled over for a traffic stop in California and a lot of states, they can make you sign the ticket. The way around it: we need to build those little windows like they have at gas stations at 3am so they don't get robbed--you put things in a little box and slide it to the other side, and then they return them the same way. Have a little slide-out built into the door above the handle perhaps.

Modern American interaction with our local gestapo.

[QBFimi]

A fellow firearms instructor and retired attorney friend has some interesting perspectives on the lower threshold limit of blood alcohol content that will result in being charged with a DUI.

He also has lots to say about the political power wielded by MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving).

Go to TeeJaw.com - find the search block on the right side of the page, and enter ‘DUI’.

[Kirkwood]

Seems like this is just asking to be pulled over to the side to wait for an hour while they check your documents thoroughly. Meanwhile everyone else passes through without a problem.

[IYAS9YAS]

Seems to me that an officer needs to be able to see both sides of a driver’s license, because restrictions (if any) are shown on the reverse of the license.

Should be able to be handled in the same manner. The state law there says they don't have to hand it to the officer, but do need to show it. So, they flip it over.

[grumpygresh]

A middle ground is reasonable IF the cop is reasonable. Right now, most cops are reasonable and don’t want to violate people’s rights. That being said, there are some very bad cops and very bad police forces. You really have to know who you are dealing with.

Consenting to a field sobriety test only has a down side. Opening a window could entice a corrupt cop to claim that they smell alcohol or drugs.

The US has the highest incarceration rate per capita in the world. Even worse, police forces let illegal go free for DUI and comparable offenses in many jurisdictions.

[Political Junkie Too]

At a DUI checkpoint? That's the argument against the checkpoint: its purpose is to stop drunk drivers, but it's the person who is not wearing glasses that gets the ticket.

If they are concerned about license restrictions violations, then they need to set up a checkpoint for that purpose and don't go looking for drugs or alcohol.

-PJ

[JimRed]

How is a DUI checkpoint any different (besides the obvious purpose)?

The obvious purpose being revenue generation, right?

[lakecumberlandvet]

Checkpoints conducted for purposes other than to address a specific, imminent threat to the public is harassment.

[JimRed]

SOME Cops are liars and THIEVES.

Edited for fairness.

[Mears]

“Cops are liars and THIEVES.”

—

You certainly do paint with a broad brush.

.

[glorgau]

> How about a reasonable middle-ground?

Sure, when raping you, they’ll only put the tip in. ;-)

[RoadGumby]

There is no reasonable middle ground in this. Would you also support random house searches to look for drugs?

Why or why not?

Pay attention to the idea of personal property, being detained for no reason and unreasonable search and seizure.

[RoadGumby]

Seems to me that a license, pressed to a window, can be unpressed and reversed if requested by the leo.

Try again.

[jttpwalsh]

In California they use to have random safety checkpoints (taillights, brake lights, horn, etc.)

---

Years ago, when I lived in Connecticut, they had those, too. One day a guy pulled out of a side street, forcing me to slam on the brakes. I was angry, and leaned on the horn; he gave me the finger.

INSTANT KARMA: As we rounded a bend in the road, there was the checkpoint. Being the next car, he got pulled over, instead of me. I smiled and waved, as I drove by. He was NOT smiling ;)

[Sergio]

Bookmark

[Oatka]

“They don’t talk to the police or roll down their window to prevent the LEO from ‘smelling’ any alcohol. “
So you are saying drunks are doing this?

No, my take is that it prevents the police from dreaming up a Probable Cause to search (fish) your car. Same with claiming they smell weed.

[ArtDodger]

Seems like many of the people that responded to my post are going to just start a blazing gunfight with the cops if pulled over. Sheesh! If things are to be changed, it won’t be at the roadside sobriety check.