Monday, August 27, 2007

DUI Checkpoints

This past weekend's DUI checkpoints netted a whopping 8 drunk drivers off the road.

Gordon, you say that so sarcastically. At least they got those 8 drunk drivers.

Well, let's see. 15 officers at a DUI checkpoint on a Saturday night between 11:30 - 2:00 am, it seems to me that these 15 officers could have found that many drunk drivers just patrolling the area in a normal fashion. They would have even caught a Bengal or two.

In addition, they created a traffic hazard when a guy jumped the line ands headed on to the interstate with no lights on.

So I would offer that this falls under the headline "doing something for somethings sake".

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