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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Cave Creek, AZ USA
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I personally don't think the cops should be able to compel you to give a breath or blood sample unless they already have arrested you. And for that they need probable cause of a crime.
Watching someone stagger totally drunk out of a bar, get into their car, fire it up and put it in reverse? Yes.
Sobriety checkpoint where you're stopped for no PC and asked if you've had anything to drink and then pulled out because the officer smelled booze on your breath? Uh no.
Can't maintain lane or speed, agrees to field sobriety tests (vast majority of people comply), then fails? Yes.
When they start treating cell phone use behind the wheel the same as a DUI, I'll believe the state cares about making the roads safer. Until then DUI enforcement is a politically popular revenue enhancement tool.
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