Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!drutx!qwerty From: qwerty@drutx.UUCP (Brian Jones) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.auto Subject: Re: DWI Roadblocks Message-ID: <3108@drutx.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 11:13:18 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.3108 Posted: Tue Jun 25 11:13:18 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 06:47:56 EDT References: <979@homxa.UUCP> <3893@alice.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Consumer Products, Denver Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.legal:1789 net.auto:7153 > 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 ... ... > Travel is not a right in this country. Travel is a right, driving is a privilege. I would just as soon have DWI's, unregistered vehicles, and unlicensed drivers removed from the roads that I use as quickly as possible (include uninsured in the above list also, since we have to carry proof of insurance in Colorado). I have never had any restrictions placed on where I wanted to go or when I could go there, other than occasional detours for road construction. I have not tried to visit any top secret facilities lately though. :-) 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. Brian Jones aka {ihnp4,}!drutx!qwerty