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Drunk drivers aware of risks, fines, but drove anyhow, Aichi police survey shows

About 80 percent of those caught driving while drunk on Aichi roads last month were aware that tougher penalties had been imposed since September, but almost 40 percent of them felt confident cops wouldn’t catch them anyway, an Aichi Prefectural Police study showed Saturday.

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