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Originally Posted by golfing eagles

I'm afraid it might have more to do with politics. Checkpoints for intoxicated drivers are permitted because the courts felt that the safety of the public trumped probable cause. They can also have checkpoints for wearing seat belts, although I fail to see the "public safety" aspect in that case. However, if you want to get a significant yield on uninsured/unlicensed drivers, you would have to set up in poor/minority areas, not Key Biscayne, and that would immediately be termed "profiling". It's no different than TSA pulling little old ladies aside while letting 20 somethings of obvious middle eastern extraction walk on through. Heaven forbid we actually look for the criminals in the places they are likely to be. It's only when there is a tragedy, like the recent hit and run, that they will search for an INDIVIDUAL, while ignoring the bigger problem