>>> Basically, people here are generally against getting arrested before a 
>>> cop knows a crime has been committed at all.
>>
>>   I'm not talking about arresting someone. I'm just talking about 
>> *checking*
>> the alcohol levels of drivers.
>
> That's being detained, at the least. We have this whole "innocent until 
> proven guilty" thing going on here. If there's *no* evidence you've done 
> anything wrong, why would you need to prove your innocence more than that?

In practice (in the UK at least) the police can always find some evidence 
that allows them to pull you over and breathalyse you if they want to.  No 
driver is perfect, and they probably only need to follow you for half a mile 
until you drive a few inches too far to one side, signal 1 second too early, 
go 1 mph too fast or too slow, then according to them they have "reasonable 
belief that you are under the influence"...

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