Sounds like some cooked Local, State Politians and Cops need REVENUE.
I've always wondered why, if law enforcement were truly interested in apprehending drunk drivers, why they didn't set up checkpoints in bar parking lots. Perhaps because that is NOT their main concern, (at least not in California) where a couple of DUIs are issued but many, many cars are impounded for such things as lack of insurance or failure to present proper ID. It's all about impound fees and car sales here.
The cops have admitted repeatedly that they catch more drunk drivers on regular patrols than they do with DUI checkpoints. It's all about PR and revenues.
If he had a spine, the AG would suggest the local and state police park outside the local bars and clubs. It's *real* *brain-dead* easy to wait until Joe drunk puts the key in the ignition. Then you don't stop a gazillion cars to get a few drunks.
Down here on Friday and Saturday nights, in another regime, the city police would patrol the Interstate that ran along the club strip. Same idea. It worked.
I've never understood why the reaction to repeated, but hard to catch, crimes like drunk driving isn't simply harsher penalties, rather then more onerous restrictions on the general populace.
Of course, drunk driving is a real serious problem in New England, I've seen any number of drunk drivers on the road, and never seen one caught - unlike speeders...
It's much worse than this.
http://taor.agitator.dynip.com/on_law.htm
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