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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
You can always request another breathalyzer.
I honestly don’t really worry about the very minor occurrence of police corruption, vendetta policing, or general bad-practice that has a few people wringing hands over slippery slopes. This law primarily punishes those who choose to drink and drive (by an incredibly sound margin) and costs the taxpayer less to deal with those idiots. Good riddance.
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So people should find it acceptable to give up due process for a method that places the onus on the accused to prove their innocence and allows the police to impose roadside sentences? All because the risk on being falsely punished is “low”?
Would you be willing to have your license taken away on the side of the road and then have to fight an uphill battle to get it back if you were innocent? All the while incurring thousands in costs you’ll never recover and possibly lose your job?
No one has argued for more lenient penalties for impaired driving, what people are against is allowing the police to impose a severe, possibly life altering penalty, when it has been shown the methods they use need judicial oversight.