Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!liang From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.auto Subject: Re: Re: DWI Roadblocks Message-ID: <585@cvl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:44:38 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.585 Posted: Fri Jun 28 14:44:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:20:56 EDT References: <979@homxa.UUCP> <309@ucdavis.UUCP> Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 37 Xref: watmath net.legal:1806 net.auto:7201 > > At least in California, you give "implied consent" to have your > blood alcohol level checked *every time you drive*! Usually, > this is used after someone has been pulled over for speeding, etc, > or after an accident. I support this position. > > When driving on the public highways, where an action may affect > the lives of many other people, the individual's right to privacy > is not as important as another persons right to live. > > DISCLAIMER: these are my opinions only, and I don't care if any- > one else disagrees :-) > > Michael Shulman > UCD Computer Center > ...ucbvax!ucdavis!harpo!ccrms > Approaching this whole thing from the principles involved (and not the actual question of DWI) I think that this sort of thing will eventually lead to tighter and tighter government control of our lives. When people start giving up rights in order to achieve a measure of security, we approach the ideal communist state. Its simply subordination of the rights of the individual to the rights of the masses. Our country was built on the rights of the individual, and I don't think that this should be changed just to solve a difficult problem in an easy manner. DWI is certainly a problem in America now, and I believe steps should be taken, but lets not forget the larger picture... -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, liang@lemuria, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang