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City Shouldn't Roll Out DWI Tow Trucks Yet
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Albuquerque Journal
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July 3, 2008
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It may have sounded good back in 2005: Pass one of the toughest
anti-DWI laws in the nation. Allow police to seize vehicles from
suspected first-time drunken drivers. That will send a message.
Unfortunately, it sends the wrong one.
Because the Albuquerque city ordinance, drafted at the request of
Mayor Martin Chvez three years ago and given a temporary green light
by the state Supreme Court last week, targets people who are
suspected of DWI, not convicted.
That means anyone pulled over and arrested for his or her first
DWI -- folks who very well may have been driving under the
influence, as well as folks who may have been driving erratically,
committed a minor traffic infraction or pulled ...