{"id":24544,"date":"2023-03-29T02:16:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T06:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-tester.blawgcloud.com\/more-on-roadblocks\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:32:48","slug":"dui-checkpoints-roadblocks-southern-maine-near-me-saco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/dui-checkpoints-roadblocks-southern-maine-near-me-saco\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Roadblocks Legal? DUI Checkpoints in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA\u00a0decade ago I commented<\/a> that roadblocks are a very poor way to catch DUI drivers.\u00a0 Police can stop a thousand citizens at a roadblock near me without catching a single impaired driver. This wastes taxpayer money, and is an infringement on our rights as citizens.<\/p>\n

Proof of that comes from California. A DUI checkpoint was set up on the corner of Collier Avenue and Riverside Drive in Lake Elsinore, California.<\/p>\n

Police claimed that this sobriety roadblock location was selected due to being a high DUI area.\u00a0 Cops stopped 1,358 vehicles and questioned the people in them.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0decade ago I commented that roadblocks are a very poor way to catch DUI drivers.\u00a0 Police can stop a thousand citizens at a roadblock near me without catching a single impaired driver. This wastes taxpayer money, and is an infringement on our rights as citizens. Proof of that comes from California. A DUI checkpoint was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-constitutional-rights","category-dui","category-oui-law"],"yoast_head":"\nAre Roadblocks Legal? 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