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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
You're missing the point entirely.
No matter how many times you can blow, no police officer should have the ability to accuse, try and sentence someone on the side of the road where no counsel is available and no due process can take place. Saying that someone can seek remedy through the courts after the fact is pointless, by that point in time they could have been fired from their job, incurred significant impound fees, face significantly icant increases in insurance and thousands in court costs to clear their name. If they don't get a court date within 3 months, they are then forced to either continue that suspension or pay more money to have an interlock installed.
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It’s not a point I place a lot of importance on, because I think the instance you and others are describing would be rare enough that it’s not worth worrying about.
The proposed system seems better than the current system to me, and while neither is perfect, I just don’t think the risk of a sober person getting pulled over by a bad cop, getting falsely accused of impaired driving without any evidence (I.e. no breathalyzer, or two faulty breathalyzer), and punished on the spot is anything more than minute.
You can look at pretty much any law and think of a scenario where it would be ineffective or poorly applied, but unless the chances of that are more than minute, then I don’t think you worry about it.