Thread: DO YOU THINK DUI CHECKPOINTS VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS?: CLOSED

Do DUI checkpoints violate civil rights?

Yes (2 Votes, 29%)

No (5 Votes, 71%)

Not sure (0 Votes, 0%)

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Three arrested at checkpoint

By: The Californian

MURRIETA -- A checkpoint held by the police Friday night and early Saturday resulted in three arrests of drivers suspected of being intoxicated and 14 citations for license violations, officials said in a release.

Officers set up the checkpoint on northbound Margarita Road north of Torrey Pines Road at 8:20 p.m. Friday and curtailed enforcement at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Sgt. Sean Hadden said. In that interval, 1,212 vehicles went through the checkpoint and 683 were screened, Hadden said. In addition to the arrests and citations, officers had 17 vehicles impounded, according to the release.

The checkpoint was funded by a grant to the city from the state Office of Traffic Safety, a division of the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, officials said


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Oh please...what a stretch to suggest drunk driving checkpoints violates our civil rights.

I'm all for the checkpoints. Don't drink and drive, and it won't be a problem.

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Is drunk driving a civil rights issue?!




Head 'em up,move 'em out Rawhide!

Drunken driving deaths in 2006
Fatalities tied to drivers with alcohol in system is up, officials say
The Associated Press
Updated: 4:48 p.m. ET Aug 20, 2007

ARLINGTON, Va. - Drunken driving fatalities increased in 22 states in 2006 and fell in 28 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, federal transportation officials said Monday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data showing there were 13,470 deaths in 2006 involving drivers and motorcycle operators with blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher, which is the legal limit for adults throughout the country. The number was down slightly from 2005, when 13,582 people died in crashes involving legally drunk drivers.

The overall number of deaths involving drivers and motorcycle operators with any amount of alcohol in their blood was 17,602 last year. That was up from 17,590 in 2005, according to spokeswoman Heather Ann Hopkins.

“The number of people who died on the nation’s roads actually fell last year,â€

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