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Safety in the highway is not totally out of our hands. Here are four ways to
protect ourselves when we travel.
People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people
travelling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their
products' safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the
road is the main reason of the problem.
Being
thrown into glass and metal car parts, or being thrown from the car can really
hurt or even kill you. The safety belt's main purpose is to pull you back
if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object, or if it rolls
over. A belt can reduce the chance of deadly injury by 45% and the chance of
serious injury by 50%.
Air
bags are important. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. Air bags
provide protection in frontal crashes—the type of crash that kills the most
drivers—when they are also wearing safety belts. Most people are demanding air
bags in the cars they buy. Effective as they are, they can't take the
place of safety belts.
Drunk
driving crashes are less likely to happen if you don't drink. Many people
have realised that drunk driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and
other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties for drinking and
driving.
A. How to drive smoothly?
B. You are safer in a large car.
C. Drunk driving is the most serious
problem.
D. Air bags are not installed in all
cars.
E. That's why safety belts should be
worn.
F. How to protect ourselves in the
highway?
G. But the protection provided by air
bags is limited in side or rear (后面的) crashes.
答案:【1】F【2】B【3】E【4】G【5】C