隨著人們生活水平的提高,中國已經從“自行車王國”跨進“汽車王國”,但駕駛員的技術素質和思想素質依然低下,開“英雄車”“霸道車”“霸王車”的現象在中國駕駛員中屢見不鮮,而由此導致的交通事故在中國是比任何疾病都更可怕的奪命“疾病”!如何有效地保障行車安全,成了如今中國人生活中不得不認真正視的重大問題。針對這一情況,Huan Hsu提出把汽車的喇叭跟剎車踏板連在一起,或設置讓車主丟臉的喇叭錄音,以解決魯莽的駕駛和汽車噪音問題。

Make Chinese Pedestrians Safer
or all the health risks associated with living in China—dirty air, dirty water, different 1)hygiene standards, unpredictable medical care and so on—the most dangerous one is probably crossing the street. Despite having a fraction of the 2)automobiles as America, China suffers many times the traffic 3) fatalities. During my nearly 4 years in China, I was hit by a car once and nearly hit more times than I can remember, because in China, rights of way are completely 4)inverted. Rather than yield to pedestrians or 5)cyclists, Chinese drivers simply make liberal use of their horns and expect people to give way. 6)Honking is so incessant that people joke it’s the Chinese 7)brake pedal. All the noise and reckless driving threatens quality of life and public safety, so I propose we actually connect the car horn to the brake pedal. Now drivers can’t honk unless the brake pedal is engaged. And to solve the noise issue, I propose that all car horns play a recording that says, “I’m a selfish jerk who doesn’t care about peace and quiet”. This potential loss of face every time you press the horn will drastically reduce 8)frivolous honking.

所有與中國的生存環境息息相關的健康危險因素中——污濁的空氣、骯臟的水質、不同的衛生標準、變化莫測的醫療服務等等——其中最危險的應該是過馬路。盡管跟美國一樣擁有一小部分的汽車,但是中國由于交通意外而死亡的人數是(美國人)的很多倍。我在中國生活了將近四年,期間,我被車撞過一次,也記不起來差點被撞了多少次,這是因為,在中國,車道的先行權是完全相反的。與其讓路給行人或是騎自行車的人們,中國的司機們只會隨心所欲地鳴喇叭,期待人們能夠給他們讓路。司機們不停地按喇叭以至于人們嘲笑車子的喇叭是中國司機的剎車踏板。所有的汽車噪音跟魯莽的駕駛對生活質量和公共安全造成威脅,因此我想我們其實可以把汽車的喇叭跟剎車踏板連在一起。現在除非司機踩剎車,否則他們無法鳴喇叭。而為了解決噪音問題,我還想所有的汽車喇叭能夠播放這樣一段錄音,“我是個自私的混蛋,不把生活的平靜放在眼里。”每按一次喇叭可能讓你感覺丟臉,這樣可以極大減少你隨意鳴喇叭的行為。