"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.
People have used intoxicating substances since time began. Making them illegal -- as MADD's intent seems to be -- will just bring us the problems of Prohibition all over again.
I wonder how many people died or had their lives ruined during that fiasco compared to the number who died then from any 'alcohol related' cause prior to Prohibition.
My old man was a drunk too and I avoided alcohol for many years because I saw the problems first hand but I do not want to ban it. Why punish responsible users because of the problems caused by those who aren't?
Did your dad ever get his act together?