Ottawa mulls random roadside tests for drunk driving

They don't do that already?

No, they have to at least pretend to have probable cause.

But if what Eyebrock says is true, it's incredibly easy to get off a breathalizer test, we had that Jaffer fuck dodge the bullet. So what's the point of randomly breathalizing people if they're going to get off in court or be able to plea down to "careless driving" anyway. Make the laws or process tougher once somebody is caught.

The police still need suspicion.

I get the feeling what they want is to have the cops
sitting on the side of the road, pull you over for no reason,
and automatically apply the breathalyzer.


Just like they do over in Europe.

I think this is a bad idea and way to easily to abuse. I will not support this.

We've had check stops for years. If they smell alcohol on you, they can get you to take the breathalizer. I don't remember this not being in place.

The only ones that'll fight this are the ones that are at risk of getting caught. If you aren't drinking and driving, you don't have anything to worry about, do you?

That's the general argument whenever your rights are about to
be violated.

First they came.......



Try living in a country where the corrupt police can sit
on the side of the road and pull you over for no reason,
see how much you enjoy it.

Well, to my knowledge, it'll still be Canadian police doing the enforcing. If they were recruiting a bunch of Mexican cops, you'd have my vote.

Freedom is overrated anyways. Let's just hand them all over to the state. They know best.

Yeah but this isn't about those spot checks. This is about some cruiser randomly giving you the lights to see if you've been drinking and driving.
I'm with andyt here, we don't need NEW legislation, we just need to actually enforce what's already there. I also think that anyone convicted of impaired driving should also have to get a set of "Whiskey Plates" for their car when they are allowed to drive again. These would be a specific set of plates that would let police know that the driver already has an impaired conviction.
Minnesota uses that system and it seems to work quite well.

Of course one little piece of legisaltion I'd love to see is banning retired cops from forming businesses that help drunk drivers get off the charge.
I mean seriously, what the fuck man?? Those greedy assholes should know better.