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but there's a class of people who despite being rampant drug / drink drivers are not systemically pulled over.
This in spades. I'd be significantly less irked if the new drug driving law relied on genuinely random stops rather than "driving while black".
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You hear about it all the time. People being pulled over because the police officer says the car smelled of weed as it passed. Search shows nothing. Dogs brought in. Dog search finds nothing. No drugs found? Let's breathalyse! No alcohol? Let's try cocaine and cannabis tests! Spliff 15 hours ago? 12 month driving ban, £1,000 fine and criminal record.
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All I'm saying is that if our law makers friends, families and colleagues were targeted in proportion to drug intake rather than demographics of race or welfare things would be a lot fairer.... but there's a class of people who despite being rampant drug / drink drivers are not systemically pulled over. Which I'm aware is stating the obvious but it really pisses me off.
My port wine faced uncle habitually drives way over the limit - cos the law doesn't apply to him.