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1、DoTrafficTicketsSaveLives?Pitythepoortrafficcop.He'sthelastguyyouwanttoseeinyourrear-viewmirrorwhenyou'respeedingdownthehighway.Whyisn'theoutlookingformurderersinsteadofnailingdriversforminorinfractionsofthelaw?Well,accordingtoamajorresearchprojectbys
2、cientistsinCanadaandCalifornia,thatcopjustmightbesavingyourlife.Orthelifeofsomeoneelse.Theresearchershavefoundthatatrafficticketreducesadriver'schanceofbeinginvolvedinafatalaccidentbyawhopping35percent,atleastforafewweeks.Theeffectdoesn'tlastlong,howe
3、ver.Withinthreetofourmonths,theleadfootisbackonthepedalandtheriskofkillingyourselforsomeoneelseisbackuptowhereitwasbeforethatcopstaredyouintheeyeandwroteoutthatexpensivecitation.Thebottomline,accordingtotheresearch,publishedintheJune28issueofTheLancet
4、,isthattrafficticketssavelives.Maybethousandsoflives,everyyear.Yettrafficlawsareenforcedsporadically,almostasifbywhim,partlybecausepeoplejustdon'tliketrafficcops,andtherearelotsofotherthingsforthegovernmenttospendmoneyonthanenforcinghighwaysafetylaws.
5、TheGrimStatisticsThatattitudeneedstobechanged,accordingtoDonaldA.RedelmeieroftheUniversityofTorontoandRobertJ.TibshiraniofStanfordUniversity.Bothmenaremedicalresearchers,andthisisn'tthefirsttimethey'vetakenahardlookathighwaysafety.Their1998studycaused
6、astirwhentheylinkedcellphoneusagetotrafficaccidents.Nowthey'reback,sayingtrafficticketsaregoodforourhealth.Theywereproddedintothisprojectbysomeverygrimstatistics.Eachyear,morethanamillionpersonsdieintrafficaccidentsworldwide.IfthatmanypeoplediedofSARS
7、inayear,thepublicresponsewouldprobablyborderonhysteria,butwehavecometoaccepttrafficfatalitiesasawayoflife.Inaddition,another25millionpeoplearoundtheworldarepermanentlydisabledbytrafficaccidents,andmanyofthem—aswellasthefatalities—arechildren.TakingItE
8、asyAfteraTicket?WhenRedelmeierandTibshiraniandfellowresearcherLeonardEvanssetouttoseeiftrafficticketsreallydoanygood,theyfoundanenormousresourceintheCanadianprovinceofOntario.Thefulldrivingrecordofeverylicenseddrivertherewasmadeavailabletothem
