[每日閱讀]“SpeedLimit”速度限制

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The British RAF base where I was stationed as part of a contingent of USAF personnel had one narrow road winding through the crowded residential area. After a rash of minor vehicle pedestrian accidents,the USAF commander decided to reduce the speed limit to three m.p.h.
    Shortly after the new limit was posted,an MP sergeant issued a speeding citation to a jeep driver for going five m.p.h. I was curious to know how the MP had determined the jeep's speed so exactly. “I was jogging to get to the PX before it closed,” he explained,“and as I passed the jeep,I noticed that the speedometer read five m.p.h.”
    速度限制
    我作為美國(guó)空軍人員分遣部隊(duì)的一員駐扎在英國(guó)皇家空軍某某地,那里有一條狹窄的馬路蜿蜒穿過擁擠的居民區(qū)。 因?yàn)槎啻纬霈F(xiàn)汽車撞傷行人一類不甚嚴(yán)重的車禍,美國(guó)空軍司令員決定將車速限制在每小時(shí)三英里。
    新的車速限制公布后不久,一名騎警中士因一名吉普車司機(jī)開車時(shí)速達(dá)五英里而給他開了一張超速傳票。
    我很想知道騎警是怎樣如此精確地知道那輛吉普車的速度的?!拔义捱_(dá)著要在郵局關(guān)門之前到達(dá)那里,”他解釋道:“當(dāng)我超過吉普車時(shí),我注意到計(jì)速器指向了每小時(shí)五英里。”