Wow, it’s pretty bad when I’m the one laughing at you all for being paranoid conspiracy theorists.
As long as we’re quoting statistics:
According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2006, 17,602 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes - an average of one every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 41 percent of the 42,642 total traffic fatalities. Drunk (those at or above an illegal BAC of .08) drivers were involved in 13,470 fatalities in 2006.
This is about the same as 2005, when 17,590 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes and 13,582 people were killed in crashes involving drunk drivers.
so let’s see. Since September 11th, 2001 ~2,000 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks. We’ve totally circumvented the constitution and trounced on civil liberties, got thousands of American troops killed in an effort to “fight the global war on terrorism”.
Since then, ~90,000 people have been killed in alcohol-related crashes. And you’re all worrying about them setting up checkpoints like 2 or three times a year. Checkpoints that you dont even have to drive through if you don’t want to.