South Africa has followed the example of Australia and is introducing "random" drug tests at roadblocks.
"Most of the young people who die on the city's roads, died because they they were on some kind of drug," said Community Safety MEC Patrick McKenzie. Of course not to point a finger at any drug IN PARTICULAR.... let's pick on them all.
The apparatus would be launched as part of the city's Safer Festive Season programme and the city's campaign against unruly road users.
The question stands. What happens when a member of the public tests positive? Asked whether test results could stand up in court, McKenzie said consultation with prosecution authorities was under way.
"We are having our legal department check up on this for us," and then he saluted policemen and women for their efforts in fighting crime and lamented a situation where sterling work by detectives came to nought, because prosecutors failed to do a proper job.... unlike politicians who don't do their jobs properly and think things through?
What a total and absolute FARCE. The department will deploy this new technology without having checked out the legality of trying to rely on test for a conviction. So the first driver to get pulled over will be...? Put in the back of the van? Then what? The unintended consequences of this "policy" are going to be laughable... There is no point using the test unless you are going to be able to rely on it in court - and there is no way that some little cellphone sized gadget is going to be totally accurate. In fact - before this test is foisted on the public I think that all parlaimentarians should be forced to take it before sitting in session.... Driving the Country drunk and drugged? I wonder what we'll find?
What are the consequences of a false positive test? The first person "caught" in Australia was INNOCENT... and the poor guy has had his name dragged through papers....
"Most of the young people who die on the city's roads, died because they they were on some kind of drug," said Community Safety MEC Patrick McKenzie. Of course not to point a finger at any drug IN PARTICULAR.... let's pick on them all.
The apparatus would be launched as part of the city's Safer Festive Season programme and the city's campaign against unruly road users.
The question stands. What happens when a member of the public tests positive? Asked whether test results could stand up in court, McKenzie said consultation with prosecution authorities was under way.
"We are having our legal department check up on this for us," and then he saluted policemen and women for their efforts in fighting crime and lamented a situation where sterling work by detectives came to nought, because prosecutors failed to do a proper job.... unlike politicians who don't do their jobs properly and think things through?
What a total and absolute FARCE. The department will deploy this new technology without having checked out the legality of trying to rely on test for a conviction. So the first driver to get pulled over will be...? Put in the back of the van? Then what? The unintended consequences of this "policy" are going to be laughable... There is no point using the test unless you are going to be able to rely on it in court - and there is no way that some little cellphone sized gadget is going to be totally accurate. In fact - before this test is foisted on the public I think that all parlaimentarians should be forced to take it before sitting in session.... Driving the Country drunk and drugged? I wonder what we'll find?
What are the consequences of a false positive test? The first person "caught" in Australia was INNOCENT... and the poor guy has had his name dragged through papers....
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