Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!ron From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal Subject: Re: Roadblocks Message-ID: <499@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 22:41:31 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.499 Posted: Fri Jun 29 22:41:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Jul-84 03:59:27 EDT References: <201@isrnix.UUCP> <482@rayssd.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 14 I'm sorry but I just don't agree. I work at night so I'm frequently out between midnight and 3 AM and I am tired of getting stopped not just by roadblocks but on nuisance issues just so the State Police can see if they can get me for having a .08 BAC. They aren't compensating me for making me 15 minutes late for work nor for having to go down to the police station later that week to demonstrate that there is nothing wrong with my car so the inspection notice isn't valid. I don't like the idea of drunk driving and I am one of the Ambulance people that has to pick up the mess. I think we'd be a lot better off when the driver of a car with alchohol on his breath rams into another gets his license yanked and criminal charges brought on him, rather than being allowed to negotiate himself down to a fine and sleeping through a few driving safety classes. -Ron