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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: DWI Roadblocks
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 16:30:47 EDT
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> I frankly think the Court is right on target, considering drunks are involved
> in roughly half of the 50,000 yearly fatalities from auto accidents this
> country experiences.  I would gladly endure random stops, considering
> that driving is like playing Russian Roulette - you never know which driver
> is loaded.
> 
Actually, what we really need is a system to enforce prosecution on the DWI
cases that we find before we go large scale looking for new people to add
to the criminal justice system.  It is next to impossible to get a simple
DWI conviction with a meaningful sentence, let alone something more realistic
like vehicular homicide, for the drunken redneck in the monster four-by-four
who just flattened some poor third party.

The system is not working in Maryland.  I know.  I get stuck checking
out the dead bodies and handling the drunks.

-Ron Natalie, EMT-A, IVT, Baltimore County Fire Department.