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Japan sees sharp rise in drunken-driving cases linked to e-scooters


Japan sees sharp rise in drunken-driving cases linked to e-scooters

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/10/6910b8f1a3a6-japan-sees-sharp-rise-in-drunken-driving-cases-linked-to-e-scooters.html

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  1. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/10/6910b8f1a3a6-japan-sees-sharp-rise-in-drunken-driving-cases-linked-to-e-scooters.html) reduced by 80%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Japan has recently seen a sharp increase in the number of people being caught riding electric scooters under the influence of alcohol, amid the growing popularity of the vehicles.

    > In Tokyo, police investigated 39 drunken-driving cases linked to e-scooters in the nine months through September, up from just one case in the whole of last year.

    > The central government has been conducting trials to determine the safety of riding electric scooters without helmets.

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