Horrible. But necessary based on the idiots who drive while drunk.
People who complain that Nanny-state cops use checkpoints to rack up $$$$ for themselves only need look no further than the nearest bar or liquor store pumping out drunks every minute. Only an idiot would blame the messenger (MADD) for pointing out the desperate need for enforcement.
That why these checkpoints are most effective after the bars close and 2 blocks away from the liquor stores.
Checkpoints save lives. That’s a fact.
Kinda like those evil SUVs that kill people, huh? How do we stop these inanimate objects from destroying lives like this?
Can you back up your statement with real facts and stats?
Until you get that done, maybe you should just shut up.
Or... someone who has seen, first hand, the money-making racket and complete disregard for right/wrong or guilty/innocent that can be run by 'law enforcement'. I have... I've seen police arrest 80 people in one night.. and convict 79 of them based on a Breathalyzer that the police KNEW was not working properly.. No one cared. And, most people can't afford to even try to fight.
I still say... define the limit of "drunk" at a higher, less ambiguous level, and then set severe penalties. People will adapt to this kind of law, and the problems will be solved. What we are doing now is... trying a backward, unwarranted approach to prohibition.