A drunk who heeds these warnings must be defined as functional.
For what it's worth, the woman who founded that organization left it in the 1980s when she realized it was about raking in money and neoprohibition. She subsequently lobbied on behalf of bars and brewers.
Maybe one day we will have Sweden's 0.01 standard. Meanwhile when it comes to tests for pot in the system, lawyers are already arguing (and getting cases dismissed) saying it stays in the system "but doesn't affect performance/judgment" for weeks after "use".
Anyone feel any safer?
Ask MADD how they feel about texting and cellphone driving. "Not my problem!".
Around here, the locations are published in the papers and/or broadcast on the local evening news....ahead of time.
Old joke: DDAM, drunk drivers against MADD mothers.
oh thats gonna hurt revenue
I’m in favor of anything that thwarts this kind of end-run around the 4th Amendment.
I wonder if he has a lawyer just to help him to get his story out in a way that doesn’t put him in jeopardy, or if the State is already bending over backwards to make life difficult for him.
Surprised that they aren’t done in Spanish.
Sounds a like a great service. And it won’t affect the worse drunk drivers in SoCal - illegal Mexicans - who can’t read the Tweets and will get nailed in the checkpoints.
Since checkpoints are more about revenue than drunk driving, I don’t see a problem with this. The cops are more interested in nailing the .08 drinkers that probably aren’t too bad off than the .25 drunks. There are more of them, and many don’t even realize that they have had enough to drink to blow .08.
Unconstitutional stops in the middle of the street, blocking traffic for blocks, closing public parking lots to force drivers to go through the checkpoint, which have very little to do with DUI, and are an open fest for police to find something, anything to cite for.
It is like anything. You give government a pass on a possibly good idea, and they take it a mile further. And no court wants to really overrule these checkpoints, as it would overturn all the ‘good’ that they accomplished in taking drunk drivers off the road.
DADD
Dads Against Drunk Daughters
DAMM
Dads Against Mad Mothers
Good idea if you ask me. I shoot the gestapo a bird when I see them on the side of the interstate, trying to catch us evil speeders. Will be downloading the app when it becomes available for nationwide use.
There are certain restaurants I will not patronize after 10 at night, because there is no “back way” home from them and roadblocks and DUI stops are frequent. Not because I intend to drive drunk, but to avoid the hassle of proving to some LEO that I am NOT drunk.
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And you, although the stupidest woman in two counties, can discern the motives of others. I remain skeptical.