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New Hampshire has the highest refusal rate at 81 percent. About two in five refuse tests in Massachusetts, Florida, Louisiana and Ohio. States using the approach report more guilty pleas, fewer trials and more convictions. Warren Diepraam, an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County, Texas, north of Houston, said nearly half of the suspected drunken drivers refused breath tests before authorities there used the policy. Since starting "no refusal nights," Diepraam said only about 10 percent of people in his county reject being tested. "We've now gone almost two years in my jurisdiction with no fatalities," Diepraam said. ___ Online: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: http://www.nhtsa.gov/
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