Trading a bit of liberty for safe highways

Sometimes there really do have to be trade-offs between libertyand security. One area where this is particularly true is in theclash between the civil liberties of some automobile drivers and thesafety of pedestrians, passengers and other drivers.

Three issues that are currently being debated are:

Automatic suspension of the license of a driver who registers over acertain level on an alcohol test. Random roadblocks to detect drunken drivers. The mandatory wearing of seat belts.

There is little doubt that, if considerations of safety were toprevail over concerns for liberty, a considerable number of liveswould be preserved by automatic license suspensions, …