【聽美文故事記六級單詞】女性開車更安全,停車場是例外(3/3)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2013-11-02 22:00
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Mary Williams?Transport Psychology
Napier University
Edinburgh1.6 litres
Mary Williams, chief executive, of the road safety charity Brake, said, "The Government should place more emphasis on changing men's attitudes to driving and improving their safety skills, through advertising in mediums such as men's magazines and through education in the workplace. Particular concerns are excessive speed, high-risk manoeuvres such as overtaking dangerously, and driving when tired."
Steve Stradling, Professor of Transport Psychology at Napier University, Edinburgh, said: "A key factor is that women get less fun out of risk-taking. People speed because they are under pressure, and women have different patterns of obligations. Men are more likely to speed to make a business appointment."
In a survey for the Scottish Executive, Professor Stradling found that 82 percent of women approved of speed cameras, compared with 68 percent of men; 45 percent of women believed that motorway speed limits should never be broken, compared with 30 percent of men.
Nearly two thirds of men drive cars with an engine bigger than 1.6 litres, compared with 42 percent of women.
Women are also less likely to be members of the groups that campaign for an increase in speed limits.
行車安全慈善機構(gòu)Brake的主管瑪麗·威廉姆斯說:“政府應(yīng)該多加重視通過在男性雜志等媒體做廣告、在工作場所宣傳教育等方式改變男性駕車態(tài)度、提高他們安全行車技能。特別要關(guān)注超速行駛以及類似危險超車和疲勞駕駛等高風(fēng)險駕駛行為?!?愛丁堡納皮爾大學(xué)的運輸心理學(xué)教授史蒂夫·斯特拉德林說:“其中一個關(guān)鍵因素是女性不太熱衷于冒險。人們往往在壓力下會超速行使,而女性承擔(dān)著不同形式的責(zé)任。男性超速行駛很可能是為了趕赴生意上的約會?!?在一項為蘇格蘭行政院進行的調(diào)查中,斯特拉德林教授發(fā)現(xiàn):82%的女性贊同使用高速照相機,而只有68%的男性表示贊同。45%的女性認(rèn)為高速公路的速度限制決不應(yīng)該被打破,而只有30%的男性這樣認(rèn)為。
將近三分之二男性的車的發(fā)動機超過1.6升,而女性只有42%。
而且,在呼吁提高限速的人群中也鮮有女性。