TN Highway Patrol to conduct 'no refusal' enforcement Labor Day weekend

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. They do this all the time in my County and the next County over if you refuse a breathalyzer...

especially if it's obvious that you are impaired, or if they can tell you're impaired but don't smell of alcohol. They draw blood or wait until you have to pee and take your urine to test to see what kind of drugs you are on. We have a LOT of meth heads and pill addicts around here. That's just life in small-town Tennessee I guess....

I don't condone it, but understand it... especially after my son and niece were almost killed a while back when a methed out asshole blew a stop sign and T-boned my niece's car. The other driver was obviously impaired, but had no odor of alcohol on her. She also had young kids in the vehicle who weren't strapped in properly, or at all.

You *should* have some kind of say about people sticking needles in you against your will though. At least it's done here by a qualified person, like a nurse or EMT. *I* damned sure wouldn't let just anyone, like a cop with no training, stick ME with a needle.

Peace,

Ghost