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Subject: Re: DWI Roadblocks
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:35:05 EDT
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> 
> I seem to recall that this particular issue was decided not too long
> ago by the US Supreme Court.  Briefly, it is legal for police to
> set up roadblocks to look for motor vehicle violations, as long as
> they search every car (or they choose cars to search at random, without
> only searching cars whose drivers are, say, men with long hair).
> The court's basis for the decision was that you do not have the
> same right of privacy in your car as you do in your home, and
> that the right of people to drive in a safe environment overrides
> the right of people in cars to be free from arbitrary government
> interference.
> 
> I think it's absurd, but the only thing I can think of to do about it
> is to stop driving a car, something I seriously consider every once
> in a while.
> 
> Travel is not a right in this country.


  Travel **is** a right in this country but operating a motor vehicle
is not; it is a priviledge that can and should be revoked when one
endangers the lives of others.