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Originally Posted by Mrs. M
I have a free lifetime membership to MADD based on my victim status but I no longer participate in any activities related to them.
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Good deal. Like I said, they started off with honorable intentions, but once they achieved their goals, they started going downhill. Their whole purpose now is to simply stay in business, which means they continue to try and lower the legal BAL and try and outlaw any serving of alcoholic beverages in public places.
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As for checkpoints, the cops around here actually set up in the neighborhoods which is good on one hand because people avoid those narrow streets now. Funny thing is, though I don't drive drunk, if I'd had just one drink, I'll drive right past the police station because it's the best way not to get stopped. I drink tall, weak drinks but I still don't want to have to try and pass a field sobriety test in 4" heels!!!
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Sounds like your cops do it right. They usually do them on the main roads here, which cause large traffic back ups and make people drive through residential areas to avoid them. More than once, I've gone around a DUI checkpoint with no problems, just to avoid the hassle (yes, I was sober whenever I did so). In addition, the county police website will actually list the dates they'll have checkpoints and the times they'll have them, but usually won't give a location.
It's also funny whenever you read in the papers how successful these checkpoints are. They'll usually say something like "680 cars stopped, 17 people tested, 4 people arrested".
(funny, by guesstimate was spot on. For tests in 2006, it looks like one person was arrested for every 150-200 people stopped in my county:
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