Posts filed under “DUI Checkpoints”

Why are Marines helping with DUI checkpoints in California?

Since when did their job become civilian law enforcement? Don’t we have laws against things like this? http://www.duiblog.com/2008/12/16/here-come-the-feds-contd-marines-at-dui-roadblocks/ Norman, the Military has a role and its not law enforcement. Ive heard of MPs but that is for the military not civilians. You people are crazy. You deserve whats coming.

What procedures do cops follow at a DUI checkpoint?

If you’re out driving and you happen to come across a checkpoint, what can you expect from them? Do they typically just shine a light in your eyes and talk to you a bit to see if you’re visibly intoxicated, and then send you on your way? Is it true that there’s a sensor in [...]

What do you think about DUI checkpoints?

Since I don’t drink and drive, I don’t fear them. But I got pulled over in Las Vegas, and I thought they were pretty rude, even though I was cooperative. I thought the Constitution was supposed to protect us from this kind of thing? ‘mona lisa’, what about the parent who had a child die [...]