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Dial-a-Chauffeur Demand Pops as China Jails Drunken Drivers
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China is counting on the threat of incarceration to keep drunken drivers off the roads. Dial-a-chauffeur services are reaping the benefits.
Beijing Ben Ao An Da Automobile Driving Service Co., which hires out stand-in chauffeurs, expects to boost sales by about 60 percent this year after the government amended the law on May 1 to hand out prison sentences for drunken driving. Demand is coming from car owners like Jack Wang, who uses substitute drivers about once a week after business dinners.