Originally posted by roadie gal
In California accepting a driver's license, which is a privilege not a right, means that you agree to submit to a blood alcohol test if asked. The BA can either be by breathalyzer or by a blood draw. If you refuse both, the police can do a forced blood draw. It's right there in the handbook you get when you apply for a license. Of course the drunk drivers conveniently forget that for the most part.
Ah the old privilege vs. rights card. Yes, that became the PC thing to say during the Clintonista years. Perhaps someday people will get over their PCness and learn to think for themselves, instead of repeating what their fascist masters have put into their pea-sized brains over the past eight years.
Actually, driving is neither a privilege or a right in reality. Given the lack of public transportation in most areas of the US, driving is more of a requirement for many people due to their physical limitations or economic conditions.
As I mentioned previously, the forced blood draw issue has yet to be challenged to the Supreme Court. It will be interesting when that happens.
I'm all for putting drunk drivers out of commission for good since I do not drink alcohol or take drugs, and wasted drivers on the road are a menace.
More important, however, I do not like to see the government force bodily fluids out of citizens at the whim of some half-wit cop who may or may not have an axe to grind. The slippery slope is being descended here.