Canada considering allowing random breathalyzer tests.

[Dizaster]

LOL funny that you guys are going off about this when it is the norm here..... I read once that with police speed camera/laser in America, and police car has to actually observe and suspect/judge that a car is possibly speeding before actually measuring there speed. Not sure if that is true, but here they are allowed to just point it in the direction of oncoming traffic and catch anyone speeding...... It's hard to think of this as impinging on our civil liberties (i.e. right to not have our speed measured unless we are suspected of speeding) as it's just the norm here...

Police are also allowed to pull you over for no reason at all.. I was pulled over a number of times when I was younger for which reason I maintain was that I was wearing a beanie.. Once at a set of lights, I had a police car parked 5 cars up from me in another lane.. His eyes met mine in his rear veiw mirror, and when the lights went green, sat there holding up traffic until I went past so that he could pull me over...

THAT is bullshit and was discrimination...

But our police mandatorily breathalize (and now drug test) every single person they pull over. They also have "Booze Busses" which are parked on the side of the road and wave people to the side of the road randomly to be tested....

It's one of those things that's like, if you're not doing the wrong thing, you shouldn't be worried about it....

Which also leads into the whole, video cameras everywhere on our streets... Do you feel it's an invasion of your privacy, or a saviour incase anything bad happens to you, or better yet, prevents someone doing something bad to you for fear they will be caught on the camera...


I guess where you guys have this subject related to civil liberties, it's just the norm for us here so doesn't really phase anyone and is never an issue discussed in media.....


If they impliment in there, i'm sure in a year or 2 it will be a non issue... I personally don't mind it..

[Gandalf]

It seems like a normal thing to me. I have no problem with arbitrary checking, just as long as they don't target certain groups of people (on ethnic grounds for example).

I'm a civil liberties kind of guy, but in this case if there is nothing to hide then it shouldn't be a major problem. I would have no qualms with being checked, but then I refuse to drive a car either.

[BIG H]

I can see both sides. The problem s where I live, The Cops are all koonts and love to stop you just to p1ss you off. I got stopped for not wearing aseat belt the other day dropping my missus and little one off at nursery. When I had dropped them off, the old bill stopped me and then were going to seize the vehicel becuase I didn't have any ID and when they contacted the DVLA my missus was not the registered owner (she is, because I phoned them myself and they told me the old bill were talking sh1te)

Hate them

[Snakey]

Yeah like diz said this is just normal for us. We get alot of cops pulling over young people just because they are P platers (we have plates with the letter P on them to show every other driver that we are only on our a provisional license). Its bullshit in ways but if your not doing something wrong then why worry.

[El Kabong]

....if it's just at roadblocks then it's no different than what we have in the US...well either way it's pretty much the same as the US. If you cause enough trouble the police will find SOMETHING to book you for.

I agree with Ice-T, Fuck Da Police....I'd much rather just carry my own damn gun

[Dizaster]

....if it's just at roadblocks then it's no different than what we have in the US...well either way it's pretty much the same as the US. If you cause enough trouble the police will find SOMETHING to book you for.

I agree with Ice-T, Fuck Da Police....I'd much rather just carry my own damn gun

The right to safety is about your only really really really important right that you have.. And you've got a better chance of upholding that right than the police do...

I think police spend about 5% of the time doing worthwhile tasks, catching worthwhile criminals. Not that the law does the right things with them anyway...
But the other 95% of the time, they were wasting time bothering harmless people, asserting their authority where it's not needed..

Don't get me wrong, I believe they have a very tough job and respect anyone who straps on a gun each shift and risks their life for others... But the bulk of what the police force is about just isn't affective at dealing with societies actual problems..

[CFH]

....if it's just at roadblocks then it's no different than what we have in the US...well either way it's pretty much the same as the US. If you cause enough trouble the police will find SOMETHING to book you for.

I agree with Ice-T, Fuck Da Police....I'd much rather just carry my own damn gun

From the sounds of the article it seems like they would be able to pull you over without any cause and then breathalyze you, aslo without any cause. It doesn't seem like it would just be at roadblocks. I could be wrong though.

[El Kabong]

Sure in the US they are supposed to have "Just cause" but all that boils down to is what the cop feels like. The cop could say "I thought you were texting", "You crossed the yellow line back there", "you didn't turn on your blinker", etc etc etc....in the end you get pulled because the cop "feels like it".

This bullshit is not about SAFETY it never was and never has been, DUI's, seatbelt laws, etc all that shit is just for $$$$$.