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New Wis. drunken driving law starts Thursday

Advocates who are pushing for more changes say the law taking effect Thursday is a good first step but doesnâ??t go far enough. “People need to believe that they could get caught,” Nina Emerson, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s Resource Center on Impaired Driving, said Monday. “Right now the perception is there is a very low possibility of apprehension.”