[cynicom]

Mulder...

I was stopped at a roadblock the other day, four policemen, stopping all traffic both ways, "TO SEE IF I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT". I had to produce a drivers licence, have my plates checked and they checked inside the backseat. They said it was for my own protection. This was from civil police, looking out for me, bless em. From little seeds a big tree grows.

[Mulder]

This was from civil police, looking out for me, bless em. From little seeds a big tree grows.

Just wait until the foreign troops start doing that task.

[livius]

I would suspect the police were probably looking for something other than seat-belts, but because "profiling" is a no-no, they had to find a pretext for stopping everybody. It's like the airports, where I have lost many a nail-clipper (my sister, who is a choral director, almost had her tuning fork taken away!), all so nobody can be accused of "profiling."

[habaes corpussel]

"checked inside the backseat"

Can't do it. They have no right to conduct any type of search. I got stopped last week as well for the same thing. The moment the officer asked me for my driver’s license, I told him here you go officer, but I oppose any form of search. When he asked why? I told him how about the rule of law. He just stared sharply at me and handed me my license back.

These check points are getting out of control. They do almost nothing in arrests.