Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!sct From: sct@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.legal,net.auto Subject: Re: DWI Roadblocks Message-ID: <27700@lanl.ARPA> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:35:05 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl.27700 Posted: Fri Jun 28 14:35:05 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:18:10 EDT References: <979@homxa.UUCP> <3893@alice.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.legal:1805 net.auto:7200 > > 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.