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carl_the_sniper
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Honestly what is wrong with it besides it being a minor inconvience and maybe making you get how a bit late on saturday night.
In my experiences, that is usually when it is... at night on a weekend. edit: Mephistopheles: this is a simple check designed to save lives (which i'm sure it does) It is not a government conspiracy to keep the man down like you are spinning it. Edited by carl_the_sniper - 02 December 2007 at 4:20pm |
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Da Hui
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Carl, thats what the Government WANTS you to believe
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carl_the_sniper
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You're one of them! |
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Da Hui
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Shhh.... |
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choopie911
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I'm absolutely fine with them. Drunk driving is so dumb, I'm in favour of check stops. Even if it makes me late for something, I'm ok with it, and it's a decent excuse.
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lol |
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choopie911
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HAHHAHAHA, wow.... So if you were driving along, and a drunk driver hit you. Regardless of how much damage he does, you wouldn't be the slight bit pissed if he could have been stopped by a checkpoint, but they didnt have any? Seriously, your argument is so daft it's unbelievable. |
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JohnnyCanuck
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I think you need to live in a 3rd world country for a period of time if you think you have no rights in the USA, I think you're getting rights mixed up with privilege's. Driving is a privilege, if you don't obey the laws, that privilege is revoked. |
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Dye Playa
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Brilliant. Food doesn't affect your ability to drive, alcohol does. Eating WHILE driving, then you might have a case, but that paragraph of ramble was absolutely idiotic. |
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CarbineKid
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I also live in RI and DUI check points are illegal here. For once the ACLU did something right here. I think reading everyones response here is interesting, and im honestl not sure if I like the idea or not. Im just glad I wasn't there. |
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if you havent done anything wrong then dont worry about it. would you rather have a mild delay or be dead...
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procarbinefreak
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never seen one... i'd like to say i wouldn't mind, but it'd be really annoying. Although I do on occasion call 911 to report a potential drunk driver.
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Bunkered
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Honestly, what makes you think you'd be any more dead than if there were no checkpoints? You're more likely to be involved in a car crash not on the highway, but on surface roads. I've never seen a checkpoint on a sidestreet. I really think it's funny that every time someone gets killed by a drunk driver, it's automatically the drunk person's fault. Shouldn't whoever pulled out in front of the drunk guy and got t-boned have been paying attention to other traffic on the road? I'm not justifying drunk driving or anything, but people really just need to pay more attention while driving. When you stop at a light, look both ways. I don't care if the light turn green, that doesn't mean some jackass isn't flying down the road with his lights off, running red lights. The "If you're doing nothing wrong, then don't worry about it," is BS. I make sure I obey all traffic laws specifically so I don't have to talk to the police. Why? Because I don't trust them not to come up with some BS charge and throw it at me. Even if it is just an inconvenience and you're on your way... Why? I shouldn't be inconvenienced by those who are put there to protect me. If you see some guy driving drunk, pull him over. Don't stop hundreds of people in hopes of catching 1-2 people (who most likely wouldn't have crashed into anyone anyways). |
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carl_the_sniper
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I've never seen a checkpoint on a highway, only service roads. Generally, it is the drunk driver's fault (and by generally, I mean almost all the time) Seriously, I really don't know why you care about something that usually takes less than 10 minutes. If pulling over hundreds to arrest two gets both those drivers off the road, I believe that it is well worth it. Your perception of police officers is wrong. They are not all crooked. |
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Bunkered
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I didn't say they all were.
Just enough to make me want to talk to them as little as possible. The limited contact I've had with them (only been pulled over once) has shown me that even the ones who are straight are major assholes on a powertrip. The only time I've had a cop be civil (not nice, civil) was when he rear-ended me in his cruiser when I made a completely legal left turn with my blinker on. Even then, he tried to tell me it was my fault ("What'd you stop so fast for?"). I stuck up for myself because I knew I did nothing wrong, and he cut me a check for the damages plus some for me to not file a report. Sounds pretty straight, eh? |
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carl_the_sniper
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So either: You had some coincidential bad experiences or American police are really crooked And how is some officer wanting to keep it quiet even close to someone making up wrong charges? Did you accept his cheque for the extra money? If so, you have nothing to say. |
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Hysteria
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Blue lights flashing, they had traffic stopped |
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Bunkered
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I may have done wrong to accept the money, but I told him to just give me $300. Then I bought a bag and fixed it myself... True story. But aside from that, it would have put me in a really akward position if I did go and file the report. Police look out for each other, they don't want their partner to have to deal with some lawsuit, and I used to drive a very recognizable vehicle (especially for the week or so after he hit me, as the star from his bumper was dented into the back). It doesn't seem like a good idea to piss off a cop/the department because the Michigan State Police station is like 5 miles from my house, and they could just pull me over incessantly. Believe me, they're bored enough to do that where I'm from. |
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stratoaxe
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Ah, Democracy.
It's give and take-safety and freedom. All of these threads, be it gun crime, drugs, auto accidents, privacy, it all comes down to swapping freedom and safety. The thing is, there's nothing wrong with sacrificing a little freedom for a little security. There are just too many drunk drivers out there to rely on one or two police officers, and ANY lives lost to a drunk driver is a complete waste of human life. Drinking is the choice of the person doing it, the law is clear and simple for me. If a checkpoint saves some innocent child from being hit by a drunk driver, I'll give up a few minutes of my day. |
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Sammy
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I don't like that mentality. Should we phone tap 300 million Americans to catch a few terrorists? No. Should we check every single driver on a road because there MIGHT be a drunk driver? No
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