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Today's Poll: Should companies be able to sell apps that help drivers avoid DWI check points?

By Howard B. Owens
Bob Harker

As wrong as I think selling this Ap is, the government has no right to ban its sale. How is it any different, really, than a radar detector?

We all know how wrong and dangerous DWI is. The idiots that are going to do it, will do do regardless of this product.

Add to that, the only checkpoints I've ever encountered were set up in such a way that once you see them, there is no turns.

Feb 17, 2012, 11:20am Permalink
Chris Charvella

Unless it's somehow illegal to know where the police happen to be sitting at any given time in any given municipality in the State of New York, there's nothing wrong with these apps.

Feb 17, 2012, 12:36pm Permalink
Jay Terkel

If a person is found with "burglary tools" they are committing a crime.
If a person is caught with drug paraphernalia, they can be charged with a crime.
I think, If a person were to turn around around when they see a check point they can be charged with failure to stop at a check point.
The only reason to have a radar detector is to commit the crime of speeding. For that reason, when they first came out, a bill was introduced in NY state to make it a crime to have one. I was told that it did not pass because they were made in NY state.
To have an app to avoid DWI check points should be against the law, because it is a devise solely to avoid getting caught in a crime.
I have been stopped at DWI checkpoints, and yes it is a brief delay, but they are usually pretty quick, so you can not use the argument that avoiding them is just to get to your destination quicker.
If I had a loved one that was killed or injured by a drunk driver, and they used this devise, I'd sue the developer for aiding in the crime.

Feb 17, 2012, 3:25pm Permalink
John Stone

Just keep watching your Constitutional "rights" erode into nothingness... That process is actually on the "Fast-Track" at this point!
Just get used to the idea that you need to be ready to "show your papers" at any time, and don't resist the strip search you'll be subject to if they don't like you for some reason...
Has anybody here ever decided that they didn't want to deal with a "TSA" search at some point? It's assumed that if you do, you are a criminal, and are treated as such... You think you live in a "free country"? Just try the above because you have the right to be free of "unreasonable search and seizure". You'll then realize that the "rights" you thought you had are GONE!

Feb 17, 2012, 6:35pm Permalink
Doug Yeomans

John, I agree that our constitutional rights are being eroded at many points. However, I don't agree that being searched before flying is unreasonable or unconstitutional. You have the right to deny the search and they have the right to deny you to fly on their jet.

I for one am all for being searched before boarding. I fly every so often and if they want to strip search me before I get on the plane, they can have at it. I opt for the full body scan if it comes down to it, actually. We all have the same parts so what's the big deal? If you don't want to be searched, don't fly.

The police or anyone else still doesn't have the right to just arbitrarily ask you for identification without reason. If they do ask me for my identification, I'll gladly give it to them and I don't think that sets a precedence to give up any of my rights.

Feb 19, 2012, 6:53pm Permalink

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