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In Sweden, like much of Europe, the police can (and routinely does) stop everybody for a breathalyzer test. I understand that in the US the police can't do tha
by ptaipale 12y ago
In Sweden, like much of Europe, the police can (and routinely does) stop everybody for a breathalyzer test.
I understand that in the US the police can't do that; they need some reason (like swervy driving) to apply a breathalyzer test.
- serge2k 12y agorandom stops or roadblocks? Canada (BC at least) does roadblocks.
- ptaipale 12y agoThe road is not actually physically blocked, but every vehicle that comes on that road is hailed to stop for the test. If someone takes a U-turn to avoid the test, there's typically a motorbike or a patrol car ready to chase.
- seanp2k2 12y agoThe U.S. does this too. Happens maybe once a month around San Jose, for example. Usually you can avoid it because Google Maps detects the huge back-up and routes you around it :) if you know what to look for (half-mile stretch of red traffic in a place where that's not the norm on a week-end evening), it's generally not hard to spot.
- chadgeidel 12y agoIn most small (>100K people) US cities I've lived in there are many mandatory checkpoints on "notorious" nights - like New Year's Eve. They don't block all the roads - you can circumvent them. I've never actually been required to do the breathalyzer so the police are probably just stopping obvious over-the-limit drivers.