Thank you for that question.
The problem is that there are no alternatives that can get us to that same point, and that's what all the research indicates.
In 2006 we had 1,278 impaired driving deaths, 77,000 injuries, and 220,000 damaged cars. That's the status quo. The question I want to ask this committee is this. How are we going to reduce that? I don't see a whole lot of other measures available. The research also indicates that, of all the measures we can do, random breath testing—and I know you object to the term, but that's what it's called—is the most effective. The question is—there's no answer to this question, and I think we all have to answer that in our hearts—does the state interest, does the public interest, in traffic safety justify this unreasonable search and seizure, because it's without individualized suspicion? Given that impaired driving is the number one criminal cause of death in this country, given that your chances of being killed in an impaired driving crash are twice as great as your chances of being murdered, given that a disproportionate number of the victims of impaired driving deaths and injuries are young people, I answer that question yes.
Now, one of the things I find interesting is that I think we overinvest, probably, and the media certainly gets overinvested, in spectacular crime and we don't look at the much greater causes of death and injuries on our roads. So my own personal view is, yes, it is a violation; it's an unreasonable search and seizure. I think it is wholly justifiable, and I think the interests of the public justify this intrusion.