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June is special traffic campaign monthDate Posted: 2002-06-09 The police started their June 1 campaign by establishing road checkpoints at 40 locations within the prefecture. The checkpoints were in operation from midnight to 5 a.m. Police say that similar operations will be conducted throughout the month. At the checkpoints police apprehended 73 drivers for traffic violations. Five were deemed so drunk that police arrested them on spot. 37 drivers exceeded the new limit of 0.15 ml/l. According to the Prefectural Police 31 people died in traffic accidents in Okinawa this year by May 31. Eight of the fatalities were directly attributed to drunk driving. The figure is 25.8 percent higher than the national average, earning the prefecture a spot in top three offender localities in Japan. |
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