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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 1220743" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>Your poll question is too general. My first thought when I read it was being pulled over for no reason (profiling?) but once I read your text I understood where you were going with this.</p><p></p><p>Yes. I would much rather be briefly inconvenienced then to be killed by a drunk or distracted driver. What I don't like is when they set up these checkpoints within visual distance from a popular drinking establishment-----entrapment?</p><p></p><p>Our local police will set up checkpoints to conduct vehicle safety inspections (lights, signals, etc), seat belt and cellphone use, along with sobriety checkpoints. They will position additional officers on side streets to catch those drivers who try to avoid having to stop or are foolish enough to do a U-turn when they see the checkpoint.</p><p></p><p>The Border Patrol used to set up a checkpoint on I-87 (Northway) near the North Hudson rest area. All traffic would be stopped and BP officers would ask a series of questions. The checkpoint was controversial from the moment it started and turned fatal when a distracted tractor trailer driver plowed in to a line of stopped cars. The checkpoint, which had minimal success, has been shelved for the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 1220743, member: 12570"] Your poll question is too general. My first thought when I read it was being pulled over for no reason (profiling?) but once I read your text I understood where you were going with this. Yes. I would much rather be briefly inconvenienced then to be killed by a drunk or distracted driver. What I don't like is when they set up these checkpoints within visual distance from a popular drinking establishment-----entrapment? Our local police will set up checkpoints to conduct vehicle safety inspections (lights, signals, etc), seat belt and cellphone use, along with sobriety checkpoints. They will position additional officers on side streets to catch those drivers who try to avoid having to stop or are foolish enough to do a U-turn when they see the checkpoint. The Border Patrol used to set up a checkpoint on I-87 (Northway) near the North Hudson rest area. All traffic would be stopped and BP officers would ask a series of questions. The checkpoint was controversial from the moment it started and turned fatal when a distracted tractor trailer driver plowed in to a line of stopped cars. The checkpoint, which had minimal success, has been shelved for the moment. [/QUOTE]
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