It's aproblem that every year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people often get hurt or die because they can't see or hear well.

Children often get hurt or die because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the road. How can we reduce（减少）traffic accidents？First，all of us must obey（遵守）the traffic rules. For the drivers，they shouldn't drive too fast. If they drive too fast，it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. The drivers mustn't drink wine（酒）before they drive out. For the walkers，first，they must be careful when they are walking on the road. When they walk across the road，they must try to walk underpases（地下通道）or footbridge（人行桥）. If there are no underpasses or footbridge，we must walk the crosswalk（人行道）. We must stop and，look both ways before crossing the road. Look left first，next look right，then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear，we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It's not safe to run. If people run across the road，they may fall down. Second，try to help children，old people or blind people to cross the road. Third，never play in the street.

In October 2017, Lang Yongchun, a Chinese host, was caught in a car accident. When the police asked him to take a breath alcohol test (酒精呼气测试) , the result showed that he had drunk too much wine. Because of that, he was put in. prison (监狱) and couldn’t be allowed’ to drive cars in China for three months.

Nowadays, cars are very important in people’s life. More and more cars are going into Chinese families.

However, lots of car accidents happen and many people are hurt or killed every year. According to a police survey, ①there are a lot of drivers driving after drinking. And the amount of drunken driving is still large.

After drinking, a driver can’t control himself or his car. In some cases (案例) , some drivers even drove into rivers or houses after they drank.

As it is so dangerous, there is no excuse for drunken driving. Remember the following three rules when driving.

Never drive after drinking.

Never let anyone drive after drinking.

②Never give alcohol to anyone who would drive later.

If all of us can keep these rules in mind, there will be fewer car accidents, and fewer people will be heart- broken For the safety of ourselves and for the happiness of our families, we must remember no driving after drinking!

Young children don’t have the skills or knowledge to stay safe in heavy traffic. The following tips（忠告）will be helpful for you to keep your children safe in heavy traffic.

①Children learn about road safety by watching others. As parents, make sure that you always set good examples. Your children will follow you and think it’s OK to do like you.

Teach your children to pay attention to traffic lights when you cross the road together with them.   This helps them understand when it’s safe to cross. Make sure that you walk between your children and traffic, and hold their hands all the time.

When your children are a little older, you can start to tell them the importance of traffic knowledge. Let them start to understand the reasons why they need to be so careful. Talk with them about road signs and traffic rules.

②place, play, in, safe, to, a, children, your, ask（.）Never let them ride bikes on the road without an adult present（在场）at rush hour.

③The most important thing you can do is to keep your children from get hurt, so parents encourage them to follow traffic rules. After knowing about traffic rules, they’ll volunteer to obey them. In this way, they’ll be careful enough to keep themselves away from danger.