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Drunk driving tends to kill more people. There's only a number of things resources can be allocated to police.
by devwastaken 7y ago
Drunk driving tends to kill more people. There's only a number of things resources can be allocated to police.
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- tomatotomato37 7y agoIf police units have enough resources to field fully-kitted SWAT units with APCs they have enough resources to put a couple beat cops on theft duty
- adrr 7y agoDUI checkpoints don't catch drunk drivers. They catch unlicensed drivers. Next time you you roll through one, thank the police officer for keeping the community safe and then ask how many drunks they arrested that night.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoExactly. They make their real money as a pretext to issue petty citations to people they wouldn't have otherwise stopped. Actual drunks are just the pretext. Sure they'd be happy to catch a few but they're the bonus not the goal.
- blacksmith_tb 7y agoThat doesn't seem too terrible - we want unlicensed drivers off the roads too don't we? Whether or not they can drive well, they will be uninsured, which is clearly a risk to everyone else.