When Uber opens in a market, drunk driving incidents go down significantly

When Uber opens in a market, drunk driving incidents go down significantly | as when we enter into markets, uh the incidence drunk driving incidents go down significantly.

as when we enter into markets, uh the incidence drunk driving incidents go down significantly.

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  "context": "as when we enter into markets, uh the incidence drunk driving incidents go down significantly.",
  "verbatim": "as when we enter into markets, uh the incidence drunk driving incidents go down significantly.",
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