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If you are drinking and driving, you deserve what you get. It's the holiday season, people are traveling, shopping, ect, and with snow on it's way, the roads are dangerous as they are. Add drunk drivers to the mix, people will die, and it's not worth it. And they usually don't have stops in the morning when you need to get to work- they are usually around 9-11 pm, sometime where drinking is usually more prevalent.
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Originally posted by Snake6 Snake6 wrote:

I really don't care. If you are drinking and driving you deserve it. 
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Originally posted by xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx wrote:

The police don't really need a reason to pull you over,


Actually, they do.

I don't know about Dunes jurisdiction, but it's been decided that cops only need reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop.

DUI Checkpoints were found to be legal by the US Supreme Court in Michigan State Police Dept. v Sitz


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See how inconvenienced you feel next time a drunk driver kills a loved one or close friend. There's at least one person out there who thinks it's their right to drive drunk, drive as fast as they want, not obey traffic signs or whatever.  I've been through quite a few road stops, the worst one wasn't even close to 15 minutes, but then I would imagine we don't have the traffic others here may. 
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Originally posted by CarbineKid CarbineKid wrote:

but seriously isn't the check points Nazi like.
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Well I was in North Attleboro last night at about that time and saw no checkpoint.

Granted I only got off the highway and to the plaza that is right there. I needed sleep so I didn't die.

Then at 1 I left and drove to providence. Still didn't see. It was probably further down the road.

My thoughts on the matter are: Speed it up, but keep it.
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Didn't we have a thread about this awhile ago?
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i always get to work 30 minutes early. sooo it wouldnt make me late.

as for it, i think its a good idea to do those. i thought attelboro was in mass? maybe there is one in mass as well. and i know my town does them every so often. i like them. my brother was hit by my NEIGHBOR a few years back who was drunk driving on thanksgiving. had my brother not been in a full size SUV (GMC Envoy) he would have been killed.so i am all for them.
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If drunken driving is very problematic in that area, it's a good thing to have I suppose. 
I know that where I live now (middle of Wisconsin), drunken driving is a HUGE problem, I know MANY people that do it all the time, it's actually pretty scary.  Having a DUI checkpoint would be a good idea where I am at.
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Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:


It's a minor inconvienance that saves lives.


Got any numbers or statistics to back that up?

If I'm drunk and I see a bunch of 5-0 somewhere, I guarantee you I turn around or go down a sidestreet. Eff that. (Not that I drive drunk or anything...)
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seriously? why is this a debate. there's no reason cops should be able to do this. it's crap. i can't beleive people are actually pulling out the "oh but it saves lives," argument. i could prolly think of a lot of things we could do to save a few lives at the sacrifice of our personal liberties...patriot act?
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Originally posted by xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx wrote:

No, say you live like 10 minutes away, and you leave exactly 10 minutes from when you have to be there. There is a good chance something will come up that will make you late, like a dui checkpoint. I am just saying if you only leave like 10 minutes of leeway then there is a good chance that there will be at least one day where you are late.


Which is why most people leave earlier than that, especially if you have to use a highway.
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Nobody gets fired because of a checkpoint.

It's a minor inconvienance that saves lives.
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No, say you live like 10 minutes away, and you leave exactly 10 minutes from when you have to be there. There is a good chance something will come up that will make you late, like a dui checkpoint. I am just saying if you only leave like 10 minutes of leeway then there is a good chance that there will be at least one day where you are late.
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Originally posted by xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx wrote:

The police don't really need a reason to pull you over, also if you are late to work because of a half hour inconvenience then you need to be leaving earlier. Because you need to be expecting there to be something that will/can go wrong, like a car accident.


So people should leave at least a half hour earlier then they already do for work?
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The police don't really need a reason to pull you over, also if you are late to work because of a half hour inconvenience then you need to be leaving earlier. Because you need to be expecting there to be something that will/can go wrong, like a car accident.
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Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

Originally posted by Bunkered Bunkered wrote:

Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

Originally posted by Bunkered Bunkered wrote:

Originally posted by Snake6 Snake6 wrote:

I really don't care. If you are drinking and driving you deserve it. 


Yeah, but stop every car coming down a road and search/check every person? I thought they had to have some cause to pull you over.
What if some guy gets fired from his job because he had to sit in line for half an hour, and he has done absolutely nothing wrong?

It really does seem like that should be illegal constitutionally or something...


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So? I don't see how that negates anything I said.
If you are breaking no laws, the police have no right to stop you.
How would you feel if they walked into your house at night just to check what you were doing?


My point was that a minor inconvienence is well worth it to save lives. It doesn't have to negate your point, rights should have reasonable limitations.

They are welcome to come at night but they should call ahead so I can prepare snacks.


Well tell them to call ahead before the next DUI check point. 
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Originally posted by Bunkered Bunkered wrote:

Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

Originally posted by Bunkered Bunkered wrote:

Originally posted by Snake6 Snake6 wrote:

I really don't care. If you are drinking and driving you deserve it. 


Yeah, but stop every car coming down a road and search/check every person? I thought they had to have some cause to pull you over.
What if some guy gets fired from his job because he had to sit in line for half an hour, and he has done absolutely nothing wrong?

It really does seem like that should be illegal constitutionally or something...


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So? I don't see how that negates anything I said.
If you are breaking no laws, the police have no right to stop you.
How would you feel if they walked into your house at night just to check what you were doing?


My point was that a minor inconvienence is well worth it to save lives. It doesn't have to negate your point, rights should have reasonable limitations.

They are welcome to come at night but they should call ahead so I can prepare snacks.
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what if it only took 5 mins?
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Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

Originally posted by Bunkered Bunkered wrote:

Originally posted by Snake6 Snake6 wrote:

I really don't care. If you are drinking and driving you deserve it. 


Yeah, but stop every car coming down a road and search/check every person? I thought they had to have some cause to pull you over.
What if some guy gets fired from his job because he had to sit in line for half an hour, and he has done absolutely nothing wrong?

It really does seem like that should be illegal constitutionally or something...


Fired is better than dead.



So? I don't see how that negates anything I said.
If you are breaking no laws, the police have no right to stop you.
How would you feel if they walked into your house at night just to check what you were doing?
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