Are DUI Checkpoints Unconstitutional?? (support, vote, New York, amendment)

[Gtownoe]

What is your opinion of DUI checkpoints? Do you feel they violate the 4th amendment?

[northnut]

I feel you shouldn't be drinking & driving.

[SourD]

I feel they do because THEY DO, but SCOTUS ruled they are Constitutional.....

[Gtownoe]

Originally Posted by northnut

I feel you shouldn't be drinking & driving.

So should we setup blocks at the exits to bars and restaurants as well? Sporting events?

[SourD]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

So should we setup blocks at the exits to bars and restaurants as well? Sporting events?

Slippery slope isn't it? I really feel they are a serious violation of the 4th. Have ALWAYS thought that, but SCOTUS disagrees for some reason.

[Charles22]

If you are a smart person you would vote that they are unconstitutional. Unless you like DUI checkpoints in your neighborhood. I'm sure that some people would demand them if they could.

[urbanlife78]

I am fine with DUI checkpoints in areas that have had a high number of drunk drivers.

[GCharlotte]

Well I guess I'm not smart. There are plenty of decisions SCOTUS has made that I don't agree with but they are, as they say, Supreme.

Also not smart is how I handle them. I don't have my license ready. I wait until I'm asked to present documents. I don't talk unless spoken to so they can't smell my breath until they ask a question. While it really doesn't matter, I believe these check points should be inconvenient and that's my little way of not rolling over too fast.

And I don't drink.

Excerpts From Supreme Court's Decision Upholding Sobriety Checkpoints - New York Times

[Gtownoe]

Why not install breathalyzers into all cars?

[Gtownoe]

Originally Posted by GCharlotte

Well I guess I'm not smart. There are plenty of decisions SCOTUS has made that I don't agree with but they are, as they say, Supreme.

Also not smart is how I handle them. I don't have my license ready. I wait until I'm asked to present documents. I don't talk unless spoken to so they can't smell my breath until they ask a question. While it really doesn't matter, I believe these check points should be inconvenient and that's my little way of not rolling over too fast.

And I don't drink.

Excerpts From Supreme Court's Decision Upholding Sobriety Checkpoints - New York Times

Again. Do you also support checkpoints being set up outside of bar parking lots and restaurant parking lots? Sporting events? How about just installing breathalyzers in cars?