How to deal with police at a DUI checkpoint
On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 5:04:45 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:17:00 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:
And lying
about it, if the cop smells a whiff of alcohol, now he has two things,
one is you have had something to drink, the other is that you're lying.
Diabetics, having an episode can also smell of alcohol. Doesn't mean
they are drunk or been drinking.
No, and I didn't imply that it 100% for sure did. But if a cop smells
alcohol he now has another reason to suspect you're DUI. How you're
acting is another data point. Last time I checked, being an AH, being
unreasonable, refusing to cooperate can also be signs of being intoxicated.
Personally, I'd rather cooperate, be on my way in a minute, in a situation
like that, rather than try to make new constitutional law on the street.
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