酒后驾车危害大,不仅损害自己也危及他人。这道理大家都懂,所以各国都对酒后驾车用重典课重刑。
有一次在美国行夜车,车速缓慢,但后面有警车亮灯。正纳闷今晚我循规蹈矩,比日本人还要良民呢,怎么警察还要找查! 警察叔叔来到我跟前,态度端正,说是看我行车缓慢还带左右摇晃,疑我是酒后驾车,所以对我亮灯。当然测试后发现一切正常,随即还我清白 -- 那都是20年前的事儿了。
今天读到一条新闻更是出奇: 逮住了一位DUI嫌犯,警察自己吃了一惊。
Santa Ana police pull over, stun naked DUI suspect
SANTA ANA, Calif. California authorities got a shock of their own when they discovered that a drunken driving suspect they had just stunned with a Taser was completely naked.
Santa Ana police say the naked man was pulled over by police Wednesday night after his van hit a car.
Police Commander Stephen Colon says a driver alerted officers to the van that had just hit his car. He says the driver was fumbling in the front seat and refused to put his hands up.
Policed used a stun gun on his head and neck and then saw he was completely naked.
Colon says the man, whose name was not released, was being tested for drugs or alcohol.
首先说说DUI是什么: 它是Drive Under Influence的缩写,就是中国话"酒后驾车" -- 你喝了酒开车,也就是在酒精的影响下驾车。
这位嫌犯显得生猛,警察对他开了Taser枪以后才停下。什么是Taser枪? 是一种警用电击武器(electroshock weapon),击中人体后,会暂时瘫痪嫌犯反抗中的神经和肌肉(effects of neuromascular incapacitation)。
这位酒肉司机先是撞了一辆面包车,然后在警察停住他后,又在车内折腾不停,并拒绝举手投降,所以警察用Taser枪击中了他的头部和颈部,这才发现那哥儿们全裸。
联想到中国酒后驾车也是问题严重,政府想要出台政策加以解决,但阻力很大。去年看到有新闻报道,广东省想开先河,要立法禁止政府职员午餐喝酒,居然行不通。因为午餐灌黄汤的政府官员太多,法不罪众,只得作罢。
回中国探亲旅游时,每次对着那滚滚车流都是心有余悸。生活富了拥有私家车了,是好事。但路况差路规跟不上有规不依,又使人胆颤心惊。09年一月中国的汽车销售量首次超越美国,成为世界汽车大国指日可待。但汽车路上车人混杂,路少车多,加上那些喝了半斤八量的依然逍遥上道,中国的司机们真是在用他们的血肉筑成他们新的车流。当然,中国司机不穿衣服的还是不多。