After four senators requested that smartphone software vendors to stop selling apps that allow users to report and find drunk-driving checkpoints, the makers of those applications are defending themselves, saying they actually help police, and not drunkies out on the road.
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Can you see drunks using this app and actually reading and understanding what it tells them?
ReplyDeleteEven if you're sober enough to use the app on these little machines, the checkpoint might still pinch you. Kinda like the signs on 13 warning motorists about speed-traps...freedom of speech and expression
ReplyDeleteYou and the lawmakers have it backwards... This stoop does help the majority of drinks to stay off the road. I have been out drinking and looked up check points, then opted to get a cab. If people have been drinking and know there are check points, then they will get a ride. This app works very well for speed traps and red light cams too.!
ReplyDeleteSince, according to the police, citizens have the right to avoid or bypass the checkpoints without (supposedly) any repercussions, then what's the problem? If I see a Nazi "checkpoint" ahead, I can just turn around and not be subjected to an intrusive search without a warrant (and we all know the police will then send an officer to "check you out"), so why can't I just save myself the trouble and use this app? The end result is the same...
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