Can someone explain to be how sobriety check points are legal?

I know a lot of people won't agree but personally I think it's a good deterrent and public safety measure.

No one can, they should be illegal.

I would ask anyone who defends their legality the following; If it is nothing more than a license check then why don't you ever see them at 9:00 in the morning, midday, 3:00 in the afternoon?

Quit breaking the law a-hole!!

It’s not a license check, and your argument is disingenuous.

If you have a problem with checkpoints, don’t drink and get behind a wheel. I’m not going to ever do a field sobriety check, but there’s too many people who practice god awful judgement that I support the checkpoints.

Not sure of legality but other then responding to a wreck, how else would you get a drink driver? Be lucky enough for a cop to be around to see them swerve?

We should just go back to prohibition

They shouldn’t be. But in general as long as they’re only sticking to dui checks I can see it. It’s the ones that use that as an excuse to write a bunch of petty collect and serve shite like tint tickets that are really bullshite.

The question is: Where is the probable cause for being detained? There is none and I don't drink alcohol

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Oh? What is it? They ask for your license, regis. and maybe insurance...

They know of NO traffic violations so...?

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And?

You’re pretending that there are nothing but good actors behind the wheel of a vehicle and that police are violating your rights by making sure that is the case.

You want to live in an organized society, this is a small inconvenience that I support based on the mountain of evidence that assholes who are drunk off their asses will think of no one but themselves when drinking and driving.