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MADD.comA Proposed Law
For those states that still allow sobriety checkpoints.
"THE STOPPING AND DETAINING, INVOLUNTARILY, OF ANY PERSON FOR ANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE MUST BE PRECEDED BY PROBABLE CAUSE OR, AT A MINIMUM, REASONABLE
SUSPICION, THAT SAID PERSON HAS OR IS COMMITTING A CRIME. THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL CANNOT BE
DIMINISHED NOR LIMITED AS A CONDITION FOR OBTAINING A GOVERNMENT PRIVILEGE OR
LICENSE." (The second sentence is to prevent the state
from conditioning the issuance of a driver's license by requiring the applicant to give up
certain rights, e.g. allowing police officers to stop and detain you without probable
cause or reasonable suspicion as a condition for the granting of a drivers
license.)--Suggested by the National Motorists Association