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Motorways are, no doubt, the safest roads in Britain. Mile for mile, vehicle for vehicle, you are much less likely to be killed or seriously injured than on an ordinary road. On the other hand, if you do have a serious accident on a motorway, fatalities (死亡) are much more likely to occur than in a comparable accident elsewhere on the roads.
Motorways have no sharp bends, no roundabouts (环状交叉路) or traffic lights and thus speeds are much greater than on other roads. Though the 70 m.p.h. limit is still in force, it is often treated with the contempt that most drivers have for the 30 m.p.h. limit applying in built-up areas in Britain. Added to this is the fact that motorway drivers seem to like traveling in groups with perhaps barely ten metres between each vehicle. The resulting horrific pile-ups when one vehicle stops for some reason — mechanical failure, driver error and so on - have become all too familiar through pictures in newspapers or on television. How many of these drivers realize that it takes a car about one hundred metres to brake to a stop from 70 m.p.h.? Drivers also seem to think that motorway driving gives them complete protection from the changing weather. However wet the road, whatever the visibility in mist or fog, on they plough at ridiculous speeds, oblivious (忘却的) of police warnings or speed restrictions until their journey comes to a conclusion.
Perhaps one remedy for this motorway madness would be better driver education. At present, learner drivers are barred from motorways and are thus, as far as this kind of driving is concerned, thrown in at the deep end. However, much more efficient policing is required, for it is the duty of the police not only to enforce the law but also to protect the general public from its own foolishness.
62. What is mainly concerned in the passage?
Ａ) Speed restriction. B) Remedy for motorway madness.
C) Motorway driving. D) Duty of motorway police.
63. Driving on motorways, you are less likely to than on an ordinary road.
Ａ) meet traffic police B) see red traffic lights
C) be involved in an accidentD) suffer from bad weather
64. According to the passage, traffic jam on motorway probably results from .
Ａ) traffic police’s irresponsibility
B) drivers’ poor education background
C) cars’ mechanical problems
D) ignorance of traffic regulations
65. It can be inferred from the passage that______.
Ａ) drivers on motorway drive within the speed limit
B) drivers on motorway are protected by the police
C) most drivers on motorway are often stopped by the police
D) most drivers on motorway drive at mad speeds
66. Which of the following is one probable solution to motorway madness suggested by the author?
Ａ) Drivers should not be allowed to drive in groups.
B) The traffic police system should be improved.
C) Drivers should go back to school to finish their education.
D) Learner drivers should pay more attention to their driving when they are on the motorway.
