近日，我乘坐的一辆出租车超过道路限速两倍有余，开始以上百公里的时速狂奔。 到了这时候，与司机之间是否气氛尴尬几乎不在我担心的事情之列。
Awkwardness with a cabby was the least of my concerns when a taxi I was in recently started lurching forward at 100 kilometers per hour (62 m. p. h. ), more than triple the road's speed limit.
其实，从政策层面对预防交通事故是很简单的，而且颇见成效，比如限速、规定骑乘两轮车的人员必须戴上头盔、改善道路设计以及增加驾驶考试次数等等。
Yet the policy prescriptions are simple and proven: enforced speed limits, helmet laws for those on two wheels, good road design and more driving tests.
现在，Butler县的主要道路仍然使用55mph限速，而那里近年间上报的事故发生率比五年前减少了25%。
Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than there were five years ago.
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