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Fukuoka Prefecture hosted a conference aimed at eliminating drunken driving in the nation on Tuesday, marking 20 years since a drunken driver rear-ended a car, which then fell off a bridge, killing three small children in 2006.
The incident became one of the turning points for the prefecture and the central government to impose stricter regulations on drunken driving.
“Us adults are the ones who can drive. It is the mission of the adults who create the base for a better society,” said Kaori Onuma, 49, the mother of the three children who died in 2006, on Monday ahead of the anniversary, adding that life should not be cut short because of drunken driving.
