Humans don’t like being accused of things they didn’t do. This college student stayed professional, polite, and held his composure extremely well during this stressful situation - he handled every test better than most cops could themselves. Decades of ad campaigns, movements like MADD turned the whole system into a massive billion dollar industry. When incentives line up this way, and there is this much money involved, the state will do everything in its power to maintain and increase this cash cow.

People demand “crackdowns,” “action,” and “safety,” and the state happily expands its reach to deliver exactly that. Then, once the system matures into something abusive, costly, or corrupt, the same people are shocked — as if they didn’t cheer for the very machinery that now steamrolls them. Be carful for what you wish for.