Posted: 10/30/2008 1:14:03 PM EDT
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What is it that determines whether a car gets a pass, or gets selected for further scrutiny?
I work shift work in a college town so I'm cruising through town at some pretty strange hours. And it never fails that whenever a sobriety checkpoint is set up, I get directed in while car loads of screaming drunken teenagers get waved on by. I don't drive a hot rod, a crotch rocket, or truck that is lifted 6 feet. I obey the speed limit (the area is a notorious speed trap). What is it that makes the cops say, "we have got to stop this guy?" |
Not a cop, but I'm willing to be it's the actions and appearance of the driver. If he looks like he's been at a bar all night and slurs his words, safe bet is that he's getting waved onto the shoulder for closer scrutiny. Maybe you look drunk all the time. 
Folks will be along soon to make comparisons to the Nazi party and things like that, but I am in before it. 
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What is it that determines whether a car gets a pass, or gets selected for further scrutiny? I work shift work in a college town so I'm cruising through town at some pretty strange hours. And it never fails that whenever a sobriety checkpoint is set up, I get directed in while car loads of screaming drunken teenagers get waved on by. I don't drive a hot rod, a crotch rocket, or truck that is lifted 6 feet. I obey the speed limit (the area is a notorious speed trap). What is it that makes the cops say, "we have got to stop this guy?" Each state can be different. In Florida, the pattern has to be established in advance on the action plan for the checkpoint (i.e. every third car, every fifth car, etc...). If the point officer sees a violation (blown headlight, tints too dark, etc..) they can wave the car over for a secondary contact without it being the third car or fifth car or whatever. ETA: cetme1 types faster than I do. |
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post a pic of yourself and your vehicle. Will do. Sometimes I do get the impression that I get selected because I DON'T look suspicious or drunk. It's a lot less hassle and a lot less work to deal with folks who aren't inebriated. Now I'm not trying to say anything against our local police, I just know that if I've been out there for hours and dealing with asshole drunken college kids, I would need a break every now and then |
In a DUI checkpoint under Delaware law, the cars directed into the checkpoint must be done in a ratio, i.e. every car, every third car, every fifth car, etc. You must just be the fifth car every time. 
I'm a cop in Newark, btw. I'll look for a boltface logo next time I'm out and pull you over
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Eeny meeny miney mo. Pretty much it, as long as they maintain the "Eeny Meeny Miney Mo" pattern. Unless the tell tale signs draw attention to you, like the usual NO FUCKING HEADLIGHTS ON! Or the beer cans/bottles getting thrown out the window 20 feet away from you. Ha! |
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We use a set pattern, depending upon traffic.
Slow or light traffic, we stop every car. Busy traffic, we may stop every third car. When ever the lines start backing up, we may just wave the whole group through. There MUST be a set pattern and not a straight profiling concept. |
