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Using valets to prevent OUI gets a hearing

By Martine Powers

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 16, 2012

At a City Council hearing Thursday on a proposed ordinance that would require valets to withhold keys from intoxicated drivers, representatives from valet parking and insurance companies voiced concerns that the legislation would raise insurance costs and put valet parking owners at risk for lawsuits. The hearing was requested by Councilor Rob Consalvo, who announced last month that he planned to explore the possibility of a city ordinance to require valet parking companies to deny car keys to restaurant patrons who appear too drunk to drive.

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