'No Refusal' DUI Checkpoints Coming To Florida?

schwit1 writes "With New Year's Eve only days away, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expects this to be one of the deadliest weeks of the year on the roads. But now a new weapon is being used in the fight against drunk driving. ... Florida is among several states now holding what are called 'no refusal' checkpoints. It means if you refuse a breath test during a traffic stop, a judge is on site, and issues a warrant that allows police to perform a mandatory blood test."

Comments

Re:Whats next?

[c6gunner]

I refused because they had no warrant. Had there been a judge there he could have issued a warrant on the spot, but he wasn't there, so instead the jack-booted thugs made me stand in the hot summer sun for an hour.

Awwww, muffin. I know most geeks hate coming out of the basement, but really, is getting a sun-tan such a huge disaster? Maybe if they'd asked you to use a Microsoft product, I could understand the complaining, but sunshine? Really?

In the future, try not being a contrarian. Sure, you have every right to refuse, but if your only reason is "because I want to" .... don't expect any sympathy. Last time a cop asked to look in my trunk I popped it, he took a glance, and I was on my way 5 minutes later. Yeah I could have been a dick and started screaming about my rights but, other than making me feel like a counter-culture hero, what would be the point?

Re:Whats next?

[deapbluesea]

No one is going after the NYT or any other news outlet that has released the documents because there is not enough political will to do so, not because no law was broken. What you see now is nothing but political theater, plain and simple. Politicians are whining about prosecuting Assange for breaking laws he's not bound to, while at the same time avoiding going after those in the US who broke the same laws. Those politicians are doing this because they either don't understand the laws they write, or they are afraid of being accused of reconstituting McCarthyism. Either way, that doesn't mean the law wasn't broken.