Dissent

The Indiana Supreme Court recently overturned a decision made by a Court of Appeals that had previously ended police checkpoints for drivers who are under the influence of alcohol. This decision, while good at heart, was the wrong one to make. \nIt is important to crack down on drunk drivers. Many people don't see driving drunk as a problem, but every time they do it they are rolling the dice. One of these times, they will lose their gamble and will pay with either their own lives or the life of others. But the way to crack down on this is not by stopping drivers on their way about the town at night.\nThis crackdown will end up affecting and bothering many people who have no need to get stopped, as they drive soberly on their way to wherever their destination may be. In the long run, the number of citizens bothered will far outweigh any actual arrests made at these checkpoints.\nAn alternative might be to have more policmen on patrol on nights when drinking is typically heavier than normal, New Year's Eve and St. Patrick's Day to name a few. The drunk drivers will be obvious in their lack of driving ability. At least this is a start.\nThere has to be a better option to curb drunk driving than police checkpoints, and the Indiana Supreme Court's decision to reinstate them was a bad idea.