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Do-it-yourself drunkometers have been installed by many bars and nightclubs in Helsinki, Finland. Customers insert a coin and dial the drinks they've had. Computer digests data and flashes how long drinker must wait before driving. This is important, because of Finland's tough laws on drunk driving. One conviction brings a sentence of three months' labor on a public project. The new Helsinki Airport was built largely by drunks nabbed on roads.