《中英對照讀新聞》Drivers ogling pedestrians cause one million crashes a year 駕駛偷瞄行人每年釀成百萬起車禍
◎陳成良
Drivers ogling pedestrians cause nearly one million crashes in Britain every year, new figures have shown.
英國每年因司機偷瞄行人而釀成的車禍達近百萬起,新數據顯示。
Figures show distracted motorists cause an average of 2,525 crashes every day - the equivalent of 921,840 per year.
數據顯示,分心的開車族平均每天造成2525起車禍,相當於一年發生92萬1840起事故。
Researchers found drivers crash their cars into lampposts or shunt other vehicles more in the summer when men and women are wearing less clothing.
研究人員發現,司機們的車子撞到路燈柱或閃避其他車輛,在夏天男男女女穿著較少時,此類事故更加頻繁。
A study of 2,142 drivers found 60 percent of men admitted being distracted by attractive women while 12 percent of women said they took their eyes off the road to leer at good looking men.
一項針對2142名司機的研究發現,60%的男駕駛承認會因漂亮女性分散注意力,而12%的女駕駛則表示她們的眼睛會離開路面,色迷迷地盯著帥哥。