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Do DUI Roadblocks Work? (Part II)

By Lawrence Taylor

As I discussed in a recent post, the fatalities statistics used by MADD and government agencies to justify DUI checkpoints are flawed. In fact, the statistics can be viewed as indicating quite the opposite. Well, all right, so checkpoints may not reduce fatalities ? but, according to MADD, they certainly result in more DUI arrests. Wrong again. The simple fact is that checkpoints are largely wastes of police resources and taxpayer money ? not to mention unjustified invasions of privacy. In fact, in the United States Supreme Court decision (Michigan v. Sitz) upholding their constitutionality, a dissenting justice pointed out the ?the findings of the trial court, based on an extensive record and affirmed by the Michigan Court of Appeals, indicate that the net effect of sobriety checkpoints on traffic safety is infinitesimal and possibly negative?...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).