Used to drink heavily and drove when I probably should not have but thank God, I never hurt anyone or myself though I did crumple a fender one. (Just for full disclosure.)
I agree with you on the checkpoints. It's a huge expenditure of money and manpower that could be put to much better use without violating the Constitution. And .08 is simply ridiculous. The problem area is at about twice that level.
They took a good idea that promoted awareness and now just use it as a revenue generator without regard to the financial devastation to an individual who did no harm.
Truly drunk drivers should be pulled over and ticketed and the fines should be severe. Checkpoints net approximately 2 or 3 people drinkers out of every 100 vehicles stopped. Not only is that unacceptable, but roving patrols catch more drunk drivers than checkpoints.
"I agree with you on the checkpoints. It's a huge expenditure of money and manpower that could be put to much better use without violating the Constitution. And .08 is simply ridiculous. The problem area is at about twice that level. "
Correct. Bravery usually doesn't occur until about 0.12 BAC!
That has been our experience in my jurisdiction as well.
"I agree with you on the checkpoints. It's a huge expenditure of money and manpower that could be put to much better use without violating the Constitution. And .08 is simply ridiculous. The problem area is at about twice that level.
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We have mandatory checks in Canada every Christmas announced publicly starting Dec 1 and the Cops still catch people.
As long as you have booze and cars you're going to have drunk drivers.
My dad was one and ended up being kicked out of the army because he never got the message.