Originally Posted by Spiff
That's private property, mister.
Originally Posted by bocastephen
True, but perhaps the property owners would be willing to allow the checkpoints on their property in exchange for a waiver of liability should their drunken customers get in a wreck...a liability they currently have. Better the issue be targeted at its source than spread out into a major dragnet that affects everyone.
I don't drink, therefore I don't drink and drive - why should my rights be infringed by a checkpoint that is not targeted at me?
Police to breath test pedestrians
"Investigators targeting bars for over serving customers intend to add another tool to their belt in coming weeks: They’ll be asking for breath tests from pedestrians.
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any pedestrian approached by an agent and asked to submit a breath test is perfectly within his or her rights to refuse. “Then we send them along their way – so long as there are no other violations,” he said.
If however, an individual does submit a breath test that does show a blood-alcohol level of over 0.14, that person won’t be charged with anything – but investigators may use that evidence to try to make a case against the individual’s bar o[r] bartender."
A lot of bar owners were howling over this because of the "last bar" approach this measure takes: What happens when Bubba has 5 beers at home, goes on a pub crawl with his buddies and has 8 more drinks over the course of the night...it's the last bar he was in that gets nailed for over serving.
One bar owner hired a professional cameraman to film what happened to his patrons leaving the bar. The owner and cameraman were promptly arrested for interfering with undercover state investigators.
