“Driving is as much a privilege as riding a horse was in the past. For most it is absolutely vital. It is interesting how quickly we lovers of freedom tow the statest propaganda line whenever emotional subject matter is involved. “
Well stated. Like it or not, when you have tons of steel and glass moving at 100 feet per second, people will die. As someone else pointed out, these checkpoints are simply cash-cows for the cities, given the 0.08 standard (even lower if they can come up with other evidence). They are also easy work for the police, much easier than, say patrolling an area and trying to find criminals. As to saving lives, I have a HELL OF A LOT MORE FEAR of some young women driving and texting at the same time when I’m just trying to get home from work (which I see WAY too much of now, and always BLAST my horn at them every time), than some testosterone-teen driving with a 0.08 at 1 AM on a Friday night...but guess who’s getting their lives ruined, and guess who’s ruining other lives.
Conservatives like to think that they’re rational, but once the (orchestrated, in many cases) tugs at the heartstrings start, they typically buckle like most others.
So does that mean that you DON'T FEAR some young men who may be driving and texting?