This is far more structured than your original postings, sir.
"..how many unsolved DUI cases do you suppose are on the books?"
Relevance again escapes me as you do veer off on assorted tangents. Can you be more specific as to the scope?
Nationwide? Statewide? What in your mind would be an unsolved DUI case? Every arrest for DUI is de facto a solved case regardless of any resultant guilty/not-guilty verdict. Are you asking how many incidences of DUI go undetected? If so, I think that is your answer......undetected... thus indeterminate number of cases.
Regarding the possessive "its" ...good parsing and so noted as one of my foibles....I'll work on correcting that with you in mind.
"the loss of a little liberty is the loss of any liberty,"
A nifty little jingle but...I just don't agree with such generalities.
I'm sorry but I do not believe the Constitution allows unfettered liberty and nothing in it or the Bill of Rights precludes the enacting of laws (subject to affirmation or abrogation by SC) in the interest of maintaining order /keeping citizenry safe within our borders/society.
As noted I despise DUI/DWI. I've seen the effects...I've heard the "I had only one" crap/lies from blasted morons too many times.
It would not surprise me if most DD's drive drunk many, many times before PO's stumble on them and take them down. I'm all for the minor inconvenience of checkpoints which are effective (more effective than not having them) in the same way as I tolerate long traffic lights. It is a minor inconvenience in the interest of maintenance of order and safety of the populace at large.
I'd like to agree on something with you but even the last "one's perspective is of little value in the long run, while rationality is the product of studied results."
will not hold true for the human species as the two cannot be separated from one another. Logic sir....it can be useful.
"Every arrest for DUI is de facto a solved case regardless of any resultant guilty/not-guilty verdict."
That is precisely the problem.