Originally posted by flashguy: I am bothered by the fact that there is as yet no reliable test that a street cop can administer to prove a driver is stoned too much to be driving. The method needs to be non-invasive (no blood draw) because drawing body fluids requires a warrant and a medic. Without test results, the only recourse for a cop is to arrest and take to the station, where someone MAY be able to run a test. You folks can say all you want to about stoned drivers not being as dangerous as drunk ones, but I don't believe it, and I want a way to get them OFF the road.
flashguy
As much as I used to attack them in trial, Roadside sobriety tests are pretty good at determining a driver's impairment before a breath, urine or blood test. Add the car-cam video and a urine test. Well, let the defendant argue he was not impaired. Caveat emptor for the pot user.
And any good cop can look at a person and detect impairment. If you smoked a week ago the only risk you run of a blood or urine test will be (in Florida) if you kill someone in a car accident.
