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Unconstitutional DUI Roadblocks

I. INTRODUCTION

A. (Attention Statement) Have you ever wondered why police can stop you at a DUI roadblock, or a “Sobriety Checkpoint”?

B. (Thesis) Roadblocks used to identify drunk drivers are unconstitutional and ineffective and should be removed.

C. (Significance to Audience/Credibility) According to a study

conducted by the National Hard Core Drunk Driving Project in 2002, thirty nine states, including Pennsylvania, permit the use of random sobriety roadblocks.

D. (Preview of Main Points) First, I will discuss why DUI

roadblocks are unconstitutional. Then I am going to give you some statistics on how ineffective DUI roadblocks really are. Finally, I’ll explain the only solution to this problem: removing these roadblocks.

[Transition] So how do roadblocks violate our rights?

II. BODY

A. (Main Point 1) First Problem

1. DUI roadblocks are an unconstitutional violation of our 4th

amendment rights.

2. According to , The Fourth Amendment states: “The right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

3. Roadblocks are usually established in locations that prevent

easy avoidance, offer enough room for parking, issuing tickets, and usually are in places or at times that it doesn’t tie up traffic. They are usually set up DUI roadblocks at nighttime, and it can be a little nerve racking with the flashing lights, the presence of authority, and not to mention the police shining their flashlights into your face.

[Transition] Not only are roadblocks unconstitutional; they are ineffective.

B. (Main Point 2) Second Problem

1. It is very well known that DUI roadblocks apprehend very few

drunk drivers.

a. According to an article written for ,

on 17th August 2005, “Pennsylvania state data from 2000-2001 showed that 99% of the people inconvenienced by Police DUI roadblocks were innocent.”

b. That same article states that, “ it takes 53% more manpower to achieve a drunk driving arrest with a roadblock than with less-intrusive roaming patrols.”

[Transition] So what can be done to solve this problem?

C. (Main Point 3) The Solution

1. We need to stop the use of DUI roadblocks and redirect

effort into patrols.

a. According to Dr. David Hanson of the State University of New York, eleven states have already outlawed the used of sobriety checkpoints or found them to be unlawful.

b. These roadblocks are unconstitutional and their used needs to be stopped to protect the rights of our citizens.

c. As statistics show, if more police manpower has been focused on patrolling rather than DUI roadblocks to catch drunk drivers, then more drunk drivers would have been removed from our roads.

III. Conclusion

A. (Review of main points) I have explained why DUI roadblocks

are unconstitutional. Then I provided some statistics on how ineffective DUI roadblocks really are. Finally, I explained the only solution to this problem: removing these roadblocks.

B. (Re-state Thesis or Significance) Roadblocks used to identify

drunk drivers are unconstitutional and ineffective and should be removed.

D. (Residual Message) If we want to keep our families safe and

protect our rights, roadblocks just wont make the cut.

Works Cited

Hanson, David J. “DWI/DUI Sobriety Road Blocks or Checkpoints.” The State University of New York. 10 May 2007

“PA Supreme Court Upholds Police Roadblocks.” : A journal of the politics of driving. 17 Aug.2005

"Sobriety Checkpoints and Blanked Patrols Reduce Alcohol-Related Crashes" by National Hardcore Drunk Driver Project. Drunk Driving. James Haley, Ed. At Issue Series. Greenhaven Press, 2002. Reprinted from "Enforcement: Sobriety Checkpoints and Blanket Patrols," by National Hardcore Drunk Driving Project.

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