OT: Temecula Police “DUI” Checkpoint @ 8AM on a Wed Morning!!!

[paramount]

If I didn’t know it was true, I wouldn’t have believed it – a fvcking so-called “DUI” checkpoint @ 8AM on a Wed morning (10/30/13).

Click on the link to see the brief article:

http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/temecula/temecula-headlines-index/20131101-temecula-no-dui-arrests-from-checkpoint.ece

This is was the statement from the TPd:

“The goal of this DUI checkpoint was to remove impaired drivers and to bring awareness to the public of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs,” he reported.

The traffic already a nightmare was a total cluster fvck.

The iron fist is coming down even harder….

It’s past time to leave California.

[mike92104]

If you’re not drunk, what do you have to hide?

[Reality]

[quote=mike92104]If you’re not drunk, what do you have to hide?[/quote]

You wouldn’t get the point if it stabbed you in the ass, would you?

[spdrun]

Yeah, boneheaded move on the part of Temecula cops, but what makes you think this wouldn’t happen outside of CA? Just bored Jerkwater, USA cops having their idea of fun and booking overtime.

I’ve encountered the same nonsense in other states as well — piss-ante little town in Virginia about 30 mi west of Dulles Airport doing their thing at 4:30 pm on a weekday.

Oddly, I’ve never had my license run other than in California (by Border Patrol no less) — they usually ask whether you’ve been drinking and let you go once it’s obvious that the car doesn’t reek like a brewery. (Driving a well-maintained, very conservative older car might help with that.)

[mike92104]

[quote=JohnAlt91941][quote=mike92104]If you’re not drunk, what do you have to hide?[/quote]

You wouldn’t get the point if it stabbed you in the ass, would you?[/quote]

Ha Ha! That’s one I haven’t heard before. It was sarcasm. I think it’s a load of BS along with the Border Patrol, Homeland Security, and the TSA.

[scaredyclassic]

people are drunk at 8 am. if you were out drinking heavily all night, you probably got to a .15 to .20 by say 3 a.m. a few hours sleep and you’re still above .08.

not saying a checkpoint at 7 am or at any time is a good idea,

but there’s lots of people intoxicated from the night before at 7 a.m. on the way to work…

[mike92104]

Agreed. I work with a couple of those types.

[paramount]

[quote=6packscaredy]
but there’s lots of people intoxicated from the night before at 7 a.m. on the way to work…[/quote]

and people have illegal weapons in their car
and people take prescription drugs
and people have expired tags
and people drive cars that are unsafe
and people run red lights

do we expect justice in every single matter? No, and we shouldn’t.

And I really doubt that there are “lots” of people intoxicated on their way to work on a wed @ 8AM (see results below).

are there so many drunks on the road @ 8AM on a wed morning to justify making people late for work for starters? I don’t think so….99.9999999% of all people driving on a wed morning at 8AM are just trying to get to work or school or dr. appt’s.

Note that there were no arrests for DUI.

This was nothing less than pure tyranny.

[mike92104]

[quote=paramount][quote=6packscaredy]
but there’s lots of people intoxicated from the night before at 7 a.m. on the way to work…[/quote]

This was nothing less than pure tyranny.[/quote]

Yep. Just a thinly veiled excuse to search 2200 vehicles without any probable cause.

[scaredyclassic]

Pure tyranny? I’d say it was a dilute form of tyranny.

[spdrun]

Yep. Just a thinly veiled excuse to search 2200 vehicles without any probable cause.

And score overtime at a non-annoying (for the cops, as opposed to for everyone else) hour. A DUI checkpoint at 2 am on a Friday night might not be so popular with the younger cops, many of whom are budding alcoholics and will likely want to be out driving drunk themselves. 🙂

Yeah, cynical bastige here.

[mike92104]

[quote=spdrun]

Yep. Just a thinly veiled excuse to search 2200 vehicles without any probable cause.

And score overtime at a non-annoying (for the cops, as opposed to for everyone else) hour. A DUI checkpoint at 2 am on a Friday night might not be so popular with the younger cops, many of whom are budding alcoholics and will likely want to be out driving drunk themselves. 🙂

Yeah, cynical bastige here.[/quote]

Right?!? Using this:

“So far this year, the department has tallied 38 driving under the influence arrests during the hours of 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 10 of those arrests occurring on Wednesday, he said.”

as justification.

[mike92104]

This seemed appropriate:

http://www.networka.com/videos/police-try-to-stop-longboard-skaters-during-the-2013-broadway-bomb

[svelte]

My wife and I happened to be wine tasting in Temecula Valley last weekend, and I mentioned the article and the Wed morning DUI checkpoint.

I proposed a couple of theories why, but I think she came up with an even better one: they are funded to hold checkpoints, the police want the hours/funds, and the wineries don’t want the checkpoints held during their peak periods. What to do to keep everyone happy?

Hold them at a time when it won’t affect the wineries…

[spdrun]

Simple solution then: cut funding to the uni(n)formed, overpaid parasites, spend it on schools.

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