by "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 8, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Brent P <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/25/2557.asp
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> MADD is doing their usual bit with regard to checkpoints, interlocks,
> and so on. This time in Texas.
>
> Interesting fact:
>
> "In a 2005 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that 99.29
> percent of drivers stopped at state roadblocks were innocent. The
> results also showed that it took 53 percent more effort to make an
> arrest with a roadblock than to use traditional roving patrol
> techniques."
>
> Yet, the federal government uses the gasoline tax money that is supposed
> to be used to fix bridges and such to have local PDs run checkpoints.
> Maybe the checkpoints offer something that old fa****on patrols that
> would put safety first don't. Nahh it couldn't have anything to do with
> puncturing another hole in our rights.... that would be tin foil
> hattery!
>
>
>
As i've said many times, one of the best ways to combat drunk driving is
to make it a felony. Knowing they will lose their right to have guns will
make these redneck drunk drivers think twice.