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A group of US senators has asked smart phone firms to cease distributing apps said to enable drivers who have been drinking to avoid police checkpoints.
Four Democrats wrote to the executives at Apple, Google and Research in Motion, which makes Blackberry devices.
The applications are said to enable users to alert one another to locations where police are stopping motorists.
The senators said the apps put innocent people at risk and asked the companies to remove them from online stores.
