Road without madness day
By Erika on Sunday, April 27 2008, 13:52 - Bright tomorrow's irony - Permalink
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Today we will be safe on the road, even if we gear up our vehicles. It has to be so. The 27 of April is The European road safety day. This day officially came into being last year. There was never unofficial one before.
One day without stress on the roads in fight with driving habits cultivated few decades ago. Is it possible that for one day French people could stop reserve fascinating moments of life and respect the red traffic-light? Who, if not Italian, could blow off steam and take their time for driving easy on this and other Sundays. Maybe then they could forget the driving style, which is the cause of scratching neighbor’s ass time to time. Curious, what reportages will be prepared by Lithuanian news service for today? Lithuanians still can not get rid of the statistics, where they are leaders in deaths on the road number.
Maybe it could be regrettable to reject the national driving habits. It is a serious national identity expression. But there is on international driving weakness – to drive safely - could balance the negative rates, and mass media would slim down.
Simona Štrimaitytė
Translated by Erika Lastovskytė
Comments
Not sure that the highest rate of roadkill is a national identity component to be proud of....
If this is a European blog, note that the comment on 'the neighbour's ass' refers to 'the neighbour's donkey'. Probably that is what is meant, no? If it is a part of human anatomy that is meant, 'ass' is not the way it is spelt in European English.
Yes, I agree that there is nothing to be proud of mad drivers' identity. And thank you about your comment on neighbor's donkey. I'll keep that in mind :)