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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:30 PM Original message |
DUI Checkpoint Stops Zero DUIs...but finds others things to arrest you for. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Your papers, please...." |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. 104 traffic citations - that's lot of local revenue (and a "tax" no one mentions) |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. What sort of traffic citations can you issue at a checkpoint? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Seatbelt? No insurance card handy? |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. that's the amazing thing about the entire scam |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Does it really work that way in Florida? |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. yes it does. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 05:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Very much so |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And then we have this |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Seatbelt, signalling, missing chunks of car, slid in to the checkpoint sideways.. (nt) |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. My friend was cited for having a PLASTIC baseball bat in the passenger seat |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. IF they want to ticket you.. they will find a way.... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. ! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Inspection violations, among other things. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Led by the fascist GOP judges on the Supreme Court, they've gutted civil liberties. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't leave weed in plain sight |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Let me tell you about the cop with the X-Ray eyes. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They don't have to have permission if they have a drug dog. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Fresh cayenne pepper sprinkled in the car will neutralize the dog's ability to smell |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. I gotta tell my favorite Mike Wimer story |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Believe it or not, but you can get a DUI in many states while riding a bike. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Ya well, ya know.. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. The Police can ask passengers for ID |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. My brother got a ticket on his bike years ago. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Bicycles are subject to all road rules |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Papieren Bitte" |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. 1 in 10 cars were, at minimum, cited for traffic violations. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Last Thanksgiving weekend we passed a checkpoint in Taylor County Florida |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. I was checked at one of these in north FLorida |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The one we passed was not even really a checkpoint - they weren't stopping anybody |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ha! Here in Arizona Sheriff Joe has his own DWH checkpoints. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. that is a whopping load of unconstitutional BS |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Terrorist checkpoints |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. How about the 4th Amendment |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. More police state bullshit. |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. More money for the city coffers |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Supreme Court allowed DWI checkpoints for public safety purposes. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. How these checkpoints are not illegal searches and seizures I will never |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. I favor the Reno-911 style DUI checkpoints |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. I wonder what color that neighborhood is???? |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. What a bunch of bullshit |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. So, when is the US Supreme Court going to reverse their previous ruling? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
44. Public roads may have checkpoints drawn at any time, and any violation may be handled. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. Were they writing the Bill of Rights today ... |
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