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19 Indians die daily in drink-driving mishaps. Here's how that can change

In 2015, 3% of road accidents in India were attributed to driving under the influence of alcohol

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Devanik Saha | IndiaSpend
India’s daily drink-driving death toll of 19 could be reduced if police checking is made unpredictable to drivers who currently know where to expect checks, a new collaborative study between American researchers and the Rajasthan police has found.
The findings are particularly relevant in the backdrop of an April 2017 Supreme Court judgement that prohibited the sale of liquor on national highways. The move was criticised as judicial overreach.
Conducted over two years in 2010 and 2011 and released in May

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