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Chicago-Kent Law R eview Volume 63 | Issue 1 Article 5 April 1987 Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Drunk Driving Roadblocks - People v. Bartley Steven T. Naumann Follow this and a itional works at : /cklawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Steven T. Naumann, Illinois Supr eme Court Up holds Drunk Driving R oadblocks - Peop le v. Bartley , 63 Chi.-Kent. L. Rev. 97 (1987). Available at : /cklawreview/vol63/iss1/5 This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Law R eview by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact jwhipple@. THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DRUNK DRIVING ROADBLOCKS People v. Bartley 109 Ill. 2d 273, 486 N.E.2d 880 (1985), cert. denied, 106 S. Ct. 1384 (1986) INTRODUCTION Drunk drivers kill and injure thousands of people every year. I In an effort to reduce the slaughter, the states have stepped up enforcement of drunk driving laws, increased the minimum drinking age,2 and increased the penalties for those convicted.3 One controversial action taken by the 1. See South Dakota v. Neville, 459 U.S. 553, 558-59 (1983); Mackey v. Montrym, 443 U.S. 1, 17 n.9 (1979); State ex rel. Ekstrom v. Justice Court, 136 Ariz. 1, 8, 663 P.2d 992, 999 (1983); People v. Bartley, 109 Ill. 2d 273, 285-86, 486 N.E.2d 880, 885-86 (1985) (quoting National Transportation Safety Board Study), cert. denied, 106 S. Ct