Using Twitter to Avoid DUIs
Dec 31

Using Twitter to Avoid DUIs

Police fear Twitter users will thwart DUI checkpoints: Fascinating.

Police around the country will be setting up the usual sobriety checkpoints tonight, but this year there’s a new factor in play to outwit them: Twitter.

In Fresno, Calif., police say they know their checkpoints are being avoided by young drivers sending tweets. Sgt. Dave Gibeault, head of the traffic unit, tells McClatchy Newspapers his own daughter has sent him text messages about where she’s heard there is a checkpoint.

by Deane   December 31, 2009 2:26 PM    |   Follow Gadgetopia on Twitter

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by Joseph Scott,   December 31, 2009 5:58 PM  

Great, so the only thing worse than people sending tweets while driving, is drunk people sending tweets while driving.

by caheidelberger,   January 1, 2010 10:36 AM  

I want drunk drivers off the road and in jail as much as the next guy, but sobriety checkpoints have always rubbed my civil-liberty sensibilities the wrong way. I wonder... is there any way we could bright-side this story as civilian checks-and-balances against the increasing surveillance state?

by Mark,   January 13, 2010 2:18 PM  

This is info I could use give my absolute horrible luck. I once got pulled over 3x for DUI in 1months time with each time seeing me blow "0.00". Once I swerved to miss an animal, another I was very tired after driving three others home after a concert (I was the DD) and I can't remember the last. Each an every time I was shocked at how quickly the officers in question ignored the breathalyzer and sobriety results. So yes this would save me some time. Now if I only had a smart phone. ;-)

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