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DUI Roadblock: 1131 Stops, 114 Tickets, 0 DUI Arrests

By Lawrence Taylor

While MADD continues to praise the efficacy of DUI roadblocks (aka "sobriety checkpoints"), most experts have come to recognize that they are simply ineffective at apprehending drunk drivers.  See Do DUI  Roadblocks Work? and Do DUI Roadblocks Work? (Part II).  But as I’ve written in earlier posts, local government has awakened to the fact that they are very effective at one thing:  raising desperately needed money.   See DUI: Government’s Cash Cow, How to Make a Million in the DUI Business and What if the Cash Cow Goes Dry?.      It is, of course, normally a violation of the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment to set up roadblocks to issue tickets for outdated registration, equipment defects, outstanding warrants, etc...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).