[Skwor]

One thing nearly all highway police do is assume any condition is drugs or alcohol.Very bad how they treat people.And just always look for that conviction or ticket

[RightOnTheBorder]

Impaired driving is a big money maker all around. The courts get paid fees, the cops get overtime testifying, the lawyers get paid defending, the non-profits get paid to provide court ordered “education,” the state gets fines plus all the “fees” that are somehow different than the fines to reinstate a license.

I would accept the idea that the high cost of enriching the government is a deterrent except it does nothing to stop the habitual drunk who drives extremely impaired without a license. He has no money to extort so he is arrested, then released a day later to repeat the cycle until he hurts someone.

[Dr. Franklin]

One thing nearly all highway police do is assume any condition is drugs or alcohol.Very bad how they treat people.And just always look for that conviction or ticket

It's not to protect and serve. It's to rule and collect overtime for court appearances, however dubious.

[TexasGator]

“One thing nearly all highway police do is assume any condition is drugs or alcohol.”

Not in this case.