Nobody
wants drunk drivers on the road. And we at VehicleHistory.com don't
want to come across as being in favor of drunk drivers. But, we also
think that everyone has a right against unreasonable search and
seizure. This is why, while we understand why the National
Transportation Safety board wanted to secretly test people for
alcohol usage, VehicleHistory.com thinks they went too far. And
that's the subject of the VehicleHistory.com blog today.
Here's
what happened. The government agency wanted to get a sense of how
often people drink and drive. But getting a real picture is hard to
do. In order to pull over a car and ask the driver for sample of his
or her breath, a cop has to have probable cause. But some people
don't act drunk after a drink or two, so cops don't always have that
probable cause. And people also have the right to refuse a breath
test.
So,
here's what the National Transportation Safety Board did: They put up
a sign asking drivers to pull over. When they did so, they offered
them $25 to take a survey on what they thought about drinking and
driving.
What
the drivers didn't know was that hidden in the coats of the survey
takers was a device that could automatically read the blood alcohol
level in the driver's breath from as far as six inches away.
That
is clearly a civil rights violation. You cannot force people to give
evidence against themselves against their will. And at
VehicleHistory.com, we hope it never happens again.
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