Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site charm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!charm!cjy From: cjy@charm.UUCP (Charles J. Yashinovitz) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: DWI Roadblocks Message-ID: <684@charm.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 12:38:44 EDT Article-I.D.: charm.684 Posted: Tue Jun 25 12:38:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 07:21:19 EDT Organization: Physics Research @ AT&T Bell Labs Murray Hill NJ Lines: 21 I once saw a roadblock operation on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway. It looked like a scene from a WWII movie depicting wartime Germany. State Police officers held everyone at a stand-still on an entrance ramp. To hell with you if you were in a hurry. A couple of the officers were slowly strolling between the stopped cars, eyeing up each driver in turn, presumably to see if any looked guility. It made me sick. I have no idea if the above constitutes "Unlawful search and seizure", as defined by some law book. I do know that I don't like it. In the pursuit of absolute safety, Americans seem willing to turn over more and more power to police agencies. The police state which may well be the result of this action will only make life difficult on the average citizen. This is not net.politics so I will not ramble on any longer. To conclude: Crack down on drunk drivers by stopping people who are driving like they are drunk, not by harassing the entire motoring public. Charlie Yashinovitz