纽约州公路设“短信区”劝司机停车看手机_BEC初级作文

纽约州公路设“短信区”劝司机停车看手机

为了遏制司机开车发短信的行为，美国纽约州近日宣布将在州内交通主干道沿线设立91个“短信区”，并沿路设指示牌，提醒司机“短信区就在前方，不用急着看手机”。纽约州州长安德鲁•库默表示，该州将继续使用各种手段遏制开车发短信行为，在实施处罚手段的同时，希望通过设立“短信区”劝导司机开车时不要看手机、发短信。“短信区”的设立并不需要额外的资金投入，纽约州只是把现有的路边停车休息区改了名字。近期发布的数据显示，纽约州警方今年夏天共对开车发短信行为开出了2万多张罚单，可见该问题的普遍性。

An AT&T survey earlier this year showed that 49 percent of adult drivers text while driving – that’s a lot of people at some point during their journey taking their eyes off the road to tap out a message on a tiny keyboard while in control of a fast-moving two-ton hunk of metal. Or not in control, as the case may be.

In a bid to persuade drivers to resist checking their phone whenever it beeps or pings or whatever sound it makes when a message arrives, New York State is to introduce so-called ‘Texting Zones’ along its major highways and thruways.

纽约州公路设“短信区”劝司机停车看手机1

Announcing the initiative on Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said a total of 298 signs with messages like “It can wait, Text Stop 5 miles”, will be positioned along the state’s busiest roads, pointing drivers to 91 Texting Zone locations.