Ftnhtsa

[Whiteboy]

Fuck that

[EW]

Easier to apologize than get permission.

[YALE]

Note that I qualified my statement with the officers having "half a lick of common sense". That disqualifies approximately 86% of DPD.

Noice.

[lowthreeohz]

Fuck that, get a warrant

[John -- '02 HAWK]

the testers were also using these

http://www.pasintl.com/passive-alcohol-sensors/pas-iv-passive-alcohol-sensor-the-sniffer-le.html

The Sniffer flashlight is a passive alcohol sensor built into a flashlight.


Im glad that the gov is trying to address the DUI problem. But this methodology is the wrong way to do it. I suspect that the data will be used to push for .06 BAC and the gov will use the data as leverage against the states that would hesitant about dropping it (again). I also suspect this is politically motivated so that the data can be released in two years to embarrass key states and/or politicians.

[inline 6]

I don't feel safe hardly anywhere any more.

[idrivea4banger]

I don't feel safe hardly anywhere any more.

Not even in your restroom?

[talisman]

Color me surprised.


Congress Kills Secret Roadside Alcohol Testing

Since the 1970s, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has conducted periodic roadblocks involving tests of drivers to see how many are under the influence. The increasingly secretive nature of the testing came under a ton of fire this year, and now Congress has said, "You're done."

The $1 trillion "Cromnibus" spending bill approved by the U.S. House late Thursday night includes a provision that bars NHTSA from conducting these surveys on motorists as they have for years.

The $8 million program first drew public attention and considerable ire from civil liberties activists in 2013 when it was conducted in the Dallas area using local police. Drivers were stopped at a roadblock and directed into a testing area where they were asked about their drinking and drug use habits.

Though motorists weren't charged with crimes if found to be under the influence, the fact that testers used secret passive alcohol sensors to gauge their intoxication regardless of whether they wanted to participate angered the public and lawmakers alike.

Since the incident in Fort Worth, which the police chief had to apologize for after a local TV station reported on the roadblocks, many local departments have refused to participate. In March, NHTSA officials said they would stop using the sensors to test drivers secretly.

It seems now that they won't be performing the surveys at all anymore.

From The Detroit News:

Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis., who chairs the committee that held the hearing, raised concerns that motorists aren't properly informed.

"It could appear to motorists that they were driving into a DUI checkpoint," Petri said. "Increasingly, we are living in a society where people are worried about 'Big Brother' ... and we need to be sensitive to that."

http://jalopnik.com/congress-kills-secret-roadside-alcohol-testing-1670532505?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_facebook&utm_source=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

[Broncojohnny]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if they just lie and say they are cancelling it.

I'm just glad that the local police force, who we all know are nothing but good guys, went along with them.

[jluv]

DWI check points are currently a no go in te state of Texas.

I know this thread is about a year old, but I passed by one (other side of the street) in Arlington back in late 2012. I would be interested to see if the law has changed one way or the other. I'm not so sure they are/were a "no go".

[David]

Ftnhtsa

I know this thread is about a year old, but I passed by one (other side of the street) in Arlington back in late 2012. I would be interested to see if the law has changed one way or the other. I'm not so sure they are/were a "no go".

1994 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled DWI road blocks/check points are unconstitutional until rules and guidelines have been set forth by the Texas legislature. Texas has had no DWI roadblock/checkpoint law passed yet. And the case was an Arlington case.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1756950/holt-v-state/

[YALE]

the testers were also using these

http://www.pasintl.com/passive-alcohol-sensors/pas-iv-passive-alcohol-sensor-the-sniffer-le.html

The Sniffer flashlight is a passive alcohol sensor built into a flashlight.


Im glad that the gov is trying to address the DUI problem. But this methodology is the wrong way to do it. I suspect that the data will be used to push for .06 BAC and the gov will use the data as leverage against the states that would hesitant about dropping it (again). I also suspect this is politically motivated so that the data can be released in two years to embarrass key states and/or politicians.

That flashlight is not passive.

[bcoop]

1994 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled DWI road blocks/check points are unconstitutional until rules and guidelines have been set forth by the Texas legislature. Texas has had no DWI roadblock/checkpoint law passed yet. And the case was an Arlington case.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinio.../holt-v-state/

That doesn't stop them from happening. The cop watcher douche got hit the other day leaving a DWI checkpoint.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

That flashlight is not passive.

unless they are sticking it into you its just passive when its just sampling the air

[matts5.0]

They jump on your muthafuckin hood like you stole a tube of engine lube from the parts store!

You forgot the empty a mag into you, do a Yeager combat reload and continue to empty that mag. You will have been hit once in the shoulder, a dog will have been killed.