How Facebook and Twitter mess with DUI checkpoints

[CaseyJones]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57579508-93/how-facebook-and-twitter-mess-with-dui-checkpoints/


The police are sometimes accused of linear thinking, especially when it comes to DUI checkpoints.

They set them up on Friday and Saturday nights. They redouble their efforts on New Year's Eve.

Perhaps the finest example would was one police force in the wine country of Northern California that decided to put a DUI checkpoint at the bottom of a winery's driveway. Yes, on barrel-tasting day.

The police now have a stronger enemy in the people -- the people who are using social media to warn others that this particular Friday or Saturday night has been selected for special drunk-driving checking.

At first, it seems that police were a little bemused by the very idea that people wouldn't want other people to be caught be the police.

more at link ^

[Anti Federalist]

At first, it seems that police were a little bemused by the very idea that people wouldn't want other people to be caught be the police.

I know, I'm just as surprised as them.

[Anti Federalist]

It's quite common for people to keep themselves to themselves. Caring for one's fellow human isn't always such a natural impulse, as the debate over universal health care often shows.

Perhaps there's something about DUI checkpoints that people find essentially unfair (which doesn't mean they're unnecessary, of course).

Fail...so much fail...

[satchelmcqueen]

the nerve. lol
Fail...so much fail...

[angelatc]

I know, I'm just as surprised as them.


I'm not believing it.

[BlackTerrel]

A lot of people here don't like it... but social media is awesome. This is just one small example.

[Matt Collins]

http://www.trapster.com/