On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:54:41 GMT, Ba r r y wrote:

According to a cop I know, they find an awful lot besides unbuckled
seatbelts a those stops. G

Open beers, clouds of pot smoke in the car, expired registrations,
emissions violations (CT's old system), defective equipment, OUI,
illegal immigrants, unregistered weapons, stolen cars, bail jumpers,
you name it.
(snip)
The more he told me, the more I realized that the checkpoints have
little to do with safety.

Because, of course, the people as mentioned above are driving perfectly
safely, is that it?