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This. Exactly this. It was never made for the drunk driver. Chances of it succeeding for the drunk driver are slim because the actions of a drunk using this and me or you using this will be 100% different.
I’m in a beach town and there’s a point where there are only two roads out, right before the highway. They set up on both at the same time. It basically bottlenecks traffic all the way back about 12 blocks, makes the stop signs and lights back up, total clusterfuck. No way around cause you’re surrounded by water. My zip code is #1 in the nation in per-capita DUI’s because of them.
Some of these are good
The only thing is, if this works then any illegal can do the same…which isnt good
The last one is pretty ballsy
The DHS ones are hilarious
I have wasted hours watching the DHS one. My favorite was a guy that pulled up and started reading them the bible.
Not to sound too tinfoil ish… but
DHS (partially), TSA, NSA… All eroding our rights in the name of “safety”
The checkpoints shown here look pretty long
Driver: What’s your name?
Officer: (Looks at name tag) “Uhhh”
where do you live?
Pacific Beach
I fully support this. Roadblock checkpoints are something we should have NEVER allowed in a country with a 4th Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure. It’s about time we as citizens start pushing back. It’s far easier to convince a society they should simply give up their rights as opposed to legally removing those rights.
That said, I won’t be printing one out. I commend anyone willing to make that stand but there aren’t many red GTO’s in Amherst and I don’t feel like being a marked man every time I’m 2mph over the speed limit.
Truth. Rare case where we agree. That said, in all my years of being out til 4am I never saw a checkpoint in Amherst. Only the Southtowns.
lol i had no idea.
Last one I saw was a state police one getting on the 290 at Colvin a year or two ago. It was when I had the loud exhaust on the my GTO so I was worried. State trooper just remarked how good it sounded and asked me to get on it a little when I merged on the 290 (then specifically said “don’t do anything stupid though”). lol
Just moved out at the start of the year. Had enough of that “winter” thing.
im in SD every weekend basically (of course as i write this im planning on staying up in long beach this week and next week im going to vegas) but needless to say im in SD a lot…
plus @maxwell is in Dana Point
What freedoms are you losing by being spoken to for a few seconds by an officer?
Being stopped and questioned by the police for doing nothing more than driving…
It’s the same shit as the police building databases of license plate information or NSA doing bulk surveillance and passing that data over to the DEA and other organizations.
Please throw out the “well if you didn’t do anything wrong” comment
People complain when police sit in their car until something happens, then they complain when they are out being proactive and getting drunk drivers off the road. Lose lose.
I will say this. I generally only see check points being used for a couple different reasons.
- In the spring they set them up because everyone is pulling their seasonal cars out. They want to ensure that the inspections are current and registrations are paid.
- DWI checkpoints are used on nights where there is a high % that people are driving drunk. 4th of July, New Years, Bills games, etc…
I have no problem with any of these situations.
To say that you are “being stopped and questioned by the police for doing nothing more than driving” is kind of silly. They do this when there is an elevated % of drunks on the road. It’s a way to filter through the good to find the bad. I really don’t see a problem with that. It’s not like they are punishing good people by doing this.