More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously 【小题1】 (injure) each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same 【小题2】 falling from a third floor window. According to a government information booklet, 【小题3】 (wear) a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.

Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles 【小题4】 wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to 50 pounds. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. 【小题5】 it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front 【小题6】 they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.

However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection 【小题7】 (use) a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate 【小题8】 excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide 【小题9】 (not wear) your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and may 【小题10】 (fine) if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.

When I was in Australia, I accompanied a friend on his driving test. I was 【小题1】 (amaze) to learn that in Australia, people hardly go to driving schools. Instead, many people practice on the road with a licensed driver sitting next 【小题2】 them. But this doesn’t mean that getting a driving license is a piece of cake. This was the third time that my friend 【小题3】 (apply) to take the driving test.

The first time, after confidently driving over an intersection (十字路口), the 【小题4】 (examine) asked him to pull over and said that he should have stopped 【小题5】 car and looked right first and then left to make sure there was no other car approaching.

The second time, a car rushing in front caught him by surprise and he hit the brakes too hard. The examiner got 【小题6】 (anger) and asked him to get out. In Australia, the test is not about driving skills, 【小题7】 about following every rules.

After finally passing the test, my friend drove very 【小题8】 (careful) because in the first year of having a driving license, running two red lights results in the license being suspended (暂停使用). But one day he 【小题9】 (pull) over by a policeman who warned him that he was driving too slow and blocking the traffic. Actually, he was driving at a speed of 40 km/h, 【小题10】 is a totally acceptable speed in China.

A ban on distracted walking

You can‘t walk down the street without passing so-called “smart-phone zombies (僵尸)”.

They are too absorbed in their screen【小题1】(watch) where they are going. Almost four in ten people admit having suffered a technology-related small accident 【小题2】 they pay more attention to their electronic device than to the pavement.

Now the city of Honolulu, Hawaii, has decided it’s time to take immediate action and make it illegal to cross the road while using a mobile phone. Those 【小题3】 (catch) using phones, tablets or other electronic devices at crossing points could face a fine of up to$ 100.

Honolulu is the first major U. S. city to ban 【小题4】 is called “distracted walking”. It comes after a study found there 【小题5】 (be) more than 11,000 injuries in the United States resulting from phone-related distraction while walking in the past few years.

To explain the decision, mayor Kirk Caldwell said, “We hold the unfortunate honor of being a major city 【小题6】 more pedestrians are hit in crosswalks than almost any other city in the country.”

Under the fine systems 【小题7】 breaks this law for the first time will get a fine of $15 to $35. People breaking the law for a second or third time will get a $99 fine.

The law, which is called the Distracted Walking Law, does permit an exception. Pedestrians 【小题8】 use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers.

If you still want to text while walking, you could avoid 【小题9】 (fine) in Honolulu by using a voice-controlled digital assistant such as Siri or Google Assistant. Or you could just wait 【小题10】 you are again, safely, off the street.