"The Kerry, Ireland, county council voted in January [2013] to let some people drive drunk. The councillors reasoned that in the county’s isolated regions, some seniors live alone and need the camaraderie of the pub but fear a DUI arrest on the way home. The councillors thus empowered police to issue DUI permits to those drivers. Besides, they reasoned, the area is so sparsely-populated that some drivers never encounter anyone else on the road at night. (Coincidentally--or not--"several” of the five councillors voting "yea" own pubs.)" ― Weirduniverse.net and BBC News, 1-22-2013]
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