[C-E] 疲勞超速酒後駕駛 謹防行車三大隱患

Alert to the three major causes of car accidents: fatigue, speeding, and drunk-driving

酒後駕車是導致車禍發生的罪魁禍首之一。因酒後駕車釀成的交通事故，其中有許多造成人亡車毀，有的甚至群死群傷。這正是：「司機一滴酒，親人兩行淚」。 酒後車禍的悲劇在人生舞台上一次次重演，而依舊有人鋌而走險,致使酒後車禍的悲劇有增無減。 應該加大執法和懲罰的力度,在事故多發點要加強巡邏。
Drunk driving is one chief cause for car accidents and it brings fatal injuries as well as severe car damages from the number of a few to many. While this may all come from just one more sip of wine, the consequences are rather unbearable that lives are lost and family members of the car accident victims will mourn their loved ones for the years that follow. However, the numerous lives claimed by drunk driving traffic accidents seemed not discouraged offenses that the same road tragedies repeat themselves and show a rising tendency. Therefore, the authority is urged to step up law enforcement and increase penalties for offenders, and intensify patrolling at traffic points of high accident rate.

俗語說：「十次事故九次快」，所以要「寧停三分，不搶一秒。」心急地趕時間、爭強好勝、尋找刺激是產生超速行駛的心理特徵。超速行駛不僅會使避免撞車更加困難，而且會使撞車的可能性和嚴重性增大。車速越高，方向的操縱性越差，一旦遇到緊急情況，很難控制車輛的速度和方向。要更廣泛地應用高科技手段如電子眼來捕捉超速駕駛者。
Nine out of ten accidents are due to speeding. Accordingly, it is recommended that a driver follow the time-proven wisdom to wait for three additional minutes rather than trying to beat the lights in the last second. The driver should also realize that fear of being late, competing for a head start, and seeking excitement are all psychological causes for over-speeding. By reducing maneuverability, over-speeding makes the vehicle more prone to collisions with more severe consequences, especially in an emergency situation where the driver's ability to control speed and direction becomes critical. To help spot and catch potential offenders on the road early enough, high-tech surveillance devices such as traffic cameras should be widely installed.

睡眠不足是造成疲勞駕駛的主要因素。如果駕駛員一天駕駛超過10小時以上，而睡眠不足4.5小時，則事故率最高，睡眠不足導致駕駛過程中不斷打哈欠、頻繁揉眼睛、手腳不靈活等。因此，充足的睡眠對駕駛來說是十分重要的。悶熱的天氣極易導致駕駛疲勞，統計發現，疲勞駕駛和酒後駕駛導致的交通肇事已超過超載、超速等，成為「馬路新殺手」。
Insufficient sleep is a primary cause of fatigue driving. It can cause symptoms on the driver such as frequent yawns, eye rubbing, and less responsive arm and leg muscles. The highest accident rate is registered with drivers who sleep for less than four and half hours while being behind the wheel for over ten hours in a day. It is therefore extremely important that the driver ensure himself sufficient sleep. Another cause for fatigue driving is hot and humid weather. Statistical research shows that by causing more traffic accidents, fatigue driving, together with drunk driving, has surpassed over-speeding and overloading to become new killers on the road.

此外，還有很多其他不遵守交通法規的現象，比如打手機，無證駕駛、闖紅燈、尾隨、在車流中穿行甚至逆行的現象也時有發生。許多司機在車裡掛滿了各種裝飾物，這也會影響注意力的集中，成為一種潛在的危險。新技術給汽車帶來的安全措施往往會被駕駛員的不良行為所抵消，所以，通過加強宣傳教育提高駕駛人員的素質便成為關鍵的問題。
There are still other behind-wheel behaviors that violate traffic laws, such as using cell-phone while driving, driving without license,  beating red traffic lights, tailgating, zigzagging, and even driving in wrong lanes with opposite traffic. Small ornaments hanging around, as many drivers like, can distract a driver's attention from the wheel, hence a potential cause of traffic accidents. Note, these bad driving habits can be very persistent that may easily compromise the new technologies developed for safe driving. Therefore, it is imperative to educate the public and the drivers in particular to increase their awareness of the importance of safe driving.

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Clap my hands!

It is interesting 酒後駕駛 is called "drink-driving" in Australia, may be that includes drink-while-driving?

"...seemed not discouraged offenses that .."

I don't think "seem do" or " seem not do" is gramatically sound?

Drink and drive can't happen at the same time, If you offend this, sooner or later, you will be punished.

May every driver drives safely and enjoy driving!! Also when they don't drive, ENJOY drinking!!!

喝酒和開車不可能同時發生, 如果你這樣做,遲早你會有報應.
祝願每一個司機出入平安, 並以此為樂! 同樣,希望司機不開車的時候, 好好喝一.

In China, accidents on road are specially most severe, It is said that vehicles on china roads accounting for less 11% of world totality contribute as much as 40% of traffic casualties, annually, which possibly results from poor traffic facilities, traffic safty awareness, and low cost to offending rules.

yes. you can choose only one, either to enjoy the time sitting in a bar or make sure that you are sober behind the steering wheel. you can't both at or about the same time. drinking and driving don't help each other. drunk or drink driving is dangerous.

haoone, i used "seemed" as if it is an auxiliary verb "was". it is close in meaning to "appeared (to be) not discouraged".

p.s., for other translations of "酒後駕駛", see the first link provided on floor #1.

We also need to be aware of having no safe belt is one of main reasons including the above to cause to severe accidents.

I slowly sense, my speed is slower down than last yr, having no mind of hastening whenever i am on lane. As more and less accidents poppes up in my life make me awareness of my precise life.

Adelyn,

zigzagging, 在車流中穿行
我認為超車是更貼切合適。
Zigzag adj 1. 之字形的
n. 2. 之字形 ， Z字形
adv. 呈之字形地，呈Z字形地
vi. 曲折地前進，之字形前進

yes. although i don't like wearing seatbelt, i begin to learn to force myself to put it on after i have moved to a big city where the traffic condition is notorious.

zigzagging, 在車流中穿行
我認為超車是更貼切合適。

yes. i think you are right. it makes me feel good. oh, no. not me. it's someone else. i have a colleague who owns a beemer  (bmw) and likes to zigzag in traffic.

it could happen to most of friends in virtuality for a simple reason of being lazy or uncomfortable to do so.

Let me give a true story happened to my brother in law at early this year, he drove to a place with his friend, overtaking the front trunk on single lane, he didn't noitce another coming trunk. of course, a servere accident took place into his life and he was sent to hospital for admit along with his friend,eventually, car was cracked and gone, but his friend was under serious admit over 3 days for having without safebelt.

He is lucky for having his belt only staying a day admit.

i am so sorry to hear the accident and feel relieved as they both ended up still being alive after the accident. thinking of the scene, it was really scary. there was a car with its engine gunned up trying to pass over a big guy, yet another big guy was driving in the opposite direction to make a head on collision. it must be a miracle that your brother and his friend could walk out of the hospital in just a couple days without losing anthing due to the accident. what the lucky guys!

[QUOTE=Adelyn]yes. although i don't like wearing seatbelt, i begin to learn to force myself to put it on after i have moved to a big city where the traffic condition is notorious.[/QUOTE]

I have the same feeling as Adelyn. For the sake of your safety  or other people's safety, Please always remind of wearing the seatbelt. Sometimes I think, if I was the manufacturer of Vehicles, I should add alarm system  to remind those who don't wear seatbelt! Very childish, ain't I?

是雖然我不喜歡佩帶seatbelt ，當我搬到一個交通很差的大城市以後,我開始強迫自己配帶安全帶.

我和Adelyn.為了您和人民的安全，請總提醒佩帶seatbelt 。有時我認為，如果我是車製造者，我應該增加報警系統提醒那些不佩帶seatbelt的! 非常幼稚，是嗎?

thank you, my dear little witch, for the video clip! it is the best companion for the article that cautions fatigue, speeding, and drunk driving being the three major causes for traffic accidents.
an ace has been added to the thread for your contributions.

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[QUOTE=Adelyn]yes. i think you are right. it makes me feel good. oh, no. not me. it's someone else. i have a colleague who owns a beemer  (bmw) and likes to zigzag in traffic.[/QUOTE]
But the purpose of 在車流中穿行 is to overtake, except it is an on-going behavior; i support using "zigzagging" for 在車流中穿行, for it is more vivid.

[QUOTE=Adelyn]haoone, i used "seemed" as if it is an auxiliary verb "was". it is close in meaning to "appeared (to be) not discouraged".

p.s., for other translations of "酒後駕駛", see the first link provided on floor #1.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for bringing the link to my attention. Another good place to explore.

Interesting that the specially-mentioned "stop, revive, survive" is the slogan of Australia Road Traffic Authotity (RTA), but as the comment rightly put, it is a road warning of fatigue driving.

As to "seemed" being the paralell of "was", I agree, but we can only say, "was not to do" or "was not doing", isn't it?

and "was not done"...

btw, did you see the horrible "reference translation?"

a Very good  tiny film! I think we should let more people  watch it and feel it! Being a driver, being a good driver is so important to selves and to the society. I was shocked by the number mentioned in the film. However, if everybody can take a lesson from it and take his or her full responsibilities, the situation will be changed, won't it?  past is past, we can't make up for it, but we can do it better avoiding some accidents.


People's life are moving forward, however, this kind of change brings more risk to people's life, if we don't have vehicles, at least we don't have so many people were killed under the wheel of vehicles. my opinion looks  Very silly, right? but that's my word from the bottom of my heart. We should enjoy our progress of life, at the same time we should cherish our lives and others'.  

For the sake of  safety, please obey all the traffic regulations, please, please!!!!!!