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this holiday weekend please bear in mind the toll of drinking and driving.....i know our members wouldn't do that, but a lot of people will. we will have DUI checkpoints all over town, and we do announce them. i hate the death toll at holiday weekends. i hope all of you and your loved ones are safe from drunk drivers! :-4 ...don't let your friends drink and drive. take their keys away. drive defensively and watch out for the erratic operator. have a safe and wonderful holiday!

I am the designated driver this weekend! I'm sure we'll have several bikes parked in the clubhouse and I'll be playing taxi cab tomorrow night. Collecting bike and car keys and driving all over town. Anything to keep everyone safe!!

Why DO they announce the checkpoints?

Peg wrote: Why DO they announce the checkpoints?so they can't claim entrapment. i would rather have them know and THINK than bust a bunch of drunks.

The cops are really bad around here about sitting outside of bars and then pulling people over. The person could be driving in between the lines, but they'll say they were swerving, or pull them over for a burned out license plate light, etc. They go to court and have a million and one reasons that "they just happened to be sitting there at the time". Drinking and driving is plain wrong, but I don't see entrapping these people either.

FYI......... Not all states allow Sobriety Check Points.

I found this:

Sobriety Checkpoint State Case Law Summary

In communities across the United States, only one arrest is made for every 772 impaired driving trips. Law enforcement resources must be used efficiently and effectively in order to reduce impaired driving. Saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints act as deterrents to drivers who drink or use drugs and remind the general public that impaired driving is a crime. Checkpoints and patrols increase the perceived risk of arrest if they are adequately publicized.



Are Sobriety Checkpoints Legal?

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sobriety checkpoints in 1990. If conducted properly, sobriety checkpoints do not constitute illegal search and seizure in most states. The U.S. Supreme Court decision held that the interest in reducing alcohol-impaired driving was sufficient to justify the brief intrusion of a properly conducted sobriety checkpoint.



Most states allow sobriety checkpoints. Many states set their own guidelines to supplement the federal rules. For example, many states require advance notice of the checkpoint to the public. A few states require the production of police studies showing why a checkpoint location is selected. One state requires police to obtain a Superior Court order before the checkpoint may be conducted. A list of states that permit sobriety checkpoints, and the case law or legislation allowing them, appears below.



If a checkpoint complies with the federal requirements, it does not violate the United States Constitution. Most states have decided the issue under their own constitutions as well.



In states where sobriety checkpoints are prohibited, the reasons vary as to why they aren't allowed. Eleven states currently prohibit any type of sobriety checkpoint. The map below illustrates states that do and do not permit sobriety checkpoints.





Click to see if your state does or doesn't



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I've noticed if you live in a high crime area there are no DUI checkpoints! Also living in an area of the city that is 99% Black I have never had any problems with cops pulling me over after the bar, in the wee hours after work, etc. Racism benefits this white drinker! In all seriousness, you can drive without headlights swigging from a can of Natural Light and if you're in a clean, plain newer car with no decals and you aren't Black you won't be stopped. Busy cops this weekend will have no time to test my breath!:driving:

hey David...... close your eyes and touch your nose honey! then walk this straight line and breathe into this little thingy....LOL

lady cop wrote: hey David...... close your eyes and touch your nose honey! then walk this straight line and breathe into this little thingy....LOL Of course it's VERY different in the 'burbs! I'll be hangin in da hood all weekend!

Great words of wisdom. I have a simple policy, "If I drink, I don`t drive" and follow it up with, "And neither are you"

I never thought Cops take a holiday, or even ''Lady Cops''. I'm taking the Mrs out.

capt_buzzard wrote: I never thought Cops take a holiday, or even ''Lady Cops''. I'm taking the Mrs out.Use eyedrops, strong mints and bring a 2nd shirt along to wear for the drive home in case the 1st one smells like smoke & booze!

Looks like I need to move to Texas.....

RedSoxFan wrote: Looks like I need to move to Texas.....Our alcoholic President made sure his home state let drunks drive! His daughters surely appreciated the no checkpoint policy!

NV 's post illustrates this .