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Information: Discusses the arguments for and against using sobriety checkpoints as an enforcement tool against drunk drivers.
Sobriety Checkpoints Sites:
ACLU - Amicus Brief on Sobriety Checkpoints ACLU - Amicus Brief on Sobriety Checkpoints: A legal brief written by the ACLU in Indianapolis v. Edmond arguing that sobriety checkpoints and drug interdictions violation the search and seizure clause of the Constiution. (Sobriety Checkpoints) http://www.aclu.org/CriminalJustice/CriminalJustice.cfm?ID=9116&c=53
NHTSA - Sobriety Checkpoint How-To Guide NHTSA - Sobriety Checkpoint How-To Guide: Guidelines for law enforcement on how to conduct a constitutional and effective sobriety checkpoint. (Sobriety Checkpoints) http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/saturation_patrols/index.html
NHTSA - Evaluation of Tennessee's Statewide Sobriety Checkpoint Program NHTSA - Evaluation of Tennessee's Statewide Sobriety Checkpoint Program: A study that analyzes the effectiveness of sobriety checkpoints in Tennessee at deterring and detaining drunk drivers and reducing drunk driving fatalities. (Sobriety Checkpoints) http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/ChekTenn/ChkptTN.html
MADD - Sobriety Checkpoints - Issue Brief MADD - Sobriety Checkpoints - Issue Brief: A summary of the statistics and science behind MADD's support of sobriety checkpoints. (Sobriety Checkpoints) http://www.madd.org/activism/0,1056,7615,00.html
Drunk Driving Law Center: Sobriety Checkpoints Drunk Driving Law Center: Sobriety Checkpoints: Legal analysis of the Supreme Court's opinion validating drunk driving checkpoints, and discussion of the legal standards required of such procedures in the future. (Sobriety Checkpoints) http://www.duicenter.com/checkpoints/