Anyone involved in a car crash in New York may soon have to submit not just blood-alcohol content but a cellphone to police at the scene, or else risk losing his or her license. [More]Brought to you by the same totalitarian lobby that wants your guns.
[Via Bluesgal]
Somehow, the 4th amendment has gone in my lifetime from Probable Cause to Reasonable Suspicion to because my dog said so to there's an app for that. Thia is not the America I grew up in, and certainly not the America our Founders envisioned
ReplyDeleteI suppose this is what happens when bearing true faith and allegiance is just lip-service to a paycheck
A good chunk of the commenters are all salivating at the opportunity to willingly give their phones to the cops. Sickening.
ReplyDelete"The bill was announced in collaboration with activist group Distracted Operators Risk Casualties (Dorcs), a group founded by parents of children involved in crashes caused by drivers distracted by their devices."
ReplyDeleteYes, Dorks is an appropriate name.
"Something bad happened, so we need to make government more intrusive!"
Dork, from the Russian word "DURok" (don't forget to trill the "r") - a fool, an idiot.
ReplyDeleteOnly an idiot would understand that one must prove their innocence under a presumption of guilt.
So, NY state senator Murphy and assemblyman Ortiz, they were duly elected by the citizens of New York?
ReplyDeleteAnd now the very people those citizens elected want to violate the Constitutional rights of those same citizens?
Good.
Elections have consequences.