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Re:One college town's uneasy embrace of drinking by HarryHirsch on Monday December 01, 2014 @05:24PM (#8684346)
If the laws are on the books and applied in a non-arbitrary way the perception of DUI might change - after all you want people to be sober behind the wheel even when the police aren't looking. Unfortunately, in the US, you can't breathalyze everyone on a Saturday night, you have to have "reasonable suspicion". Which means that on weekends, the roads are less safe than they could be, I avoid driving on the weekend after dark.
Re:One college town's uneasy embrace of drinking by baddox on Monday December 01, 2014 @06:41PM (#8684823)
Sobriety checkpoints without reasonable suspicion were ruled by the Supreme Court to not violate the 4th amendment, and only ten states have prohibited such checkpoints.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_checkpoint#Legality_in_t...