3월 29일 (일) traffic problem

traffic problem Asian places such as Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong have taken on the fourwheeled menace and tamed it, in light of environmental policies, traffic fatalities, high cost, and other factors. Others(including Korea, which enjoyed annual growth rates as high as 67%over the past decade since its motorization boom began in the early 1980s) with increasingly rich and car-happy populations will no doubt have to follow their example sooner or later. The first thing they will find is that they should have stared sooner: even less prosperous Asian cities, such as Manila, Jakarta and Bombay, are getting car-clogged. The second lesson is that gearing up a country or a city for a major car population is expensive - for government as well as individuals - and requires planning and strong political will.   All over Asian, the need for more and better roads is rising. Manila's traffic jams used to be seasonal, coming during the summer rains and at Christmas time. Now, goes the local joke, it's Christmas all year round. Jakarta has built relatively few roads since 1986, when there were 600,000 cars in use. The current number:2.3 million. In several Chinese cities, streets have been upgraded - although complaints abound that the ramp designs, taken from the West, do no accommodate the country's 1.4 million urban bicyclists. India is virtually starting from scratch : half of its 2million kilometers of roads are unsurfaced, and per capita government spending on road construction is among the world's lowest.   Building more roads is one answer, limiting their use another. In Japan government makes getting a driver's license difficult and expensive; every new car buyer is required to prove he has a place to park his vehicle. Hong Kong keeps public transit fares low and car prices high through a 100% duty on new vehicles as well as stiff annual fees.   Nowhere is traffic taken more seriously than in Singapore. New cars carry a 200% tariff, and a would-be owner must spend as much as $71,000 for a "certificate of entitlement" just to have the privilege of buying one. To drive in the city center during the day, a motorist needs a $43 monthly permit, which will be replaced in 1998 by a scanning system that will bill car owners who use congestion-prone roads.   Some Asians might argue that tough controls take the fun out of having a car. But sitting in a permanent traffic jam isn't a lot of laughs either - though getting winched out by a helicopter could be interesting. What do you think? (1) People say that it's too easy to het a driver's license in Korea. Do you think so? (2) What do you think about making a driver's license more difficult to procure? Do you think it would solve the traffic problem? (3) Do you think a dramatic increase in traffic fines would help decrease the nunber of traffic accidents? (4) What do you think about lowering the legal driving age to 16? (5) What do you think about making full insurance coverage mandatory? (6) What do you think about the law that requires drivers to buckle up? (7) In some shopping centers in Korea, certain parking areas are exclusively reserved for female drivers. Do you think this discriminates against men? (8) What do you think about whipbuje, requiring people to stop driving every ten days? Do you think this solves traffic problems or is it just a viloation of personal rights? (9) Car pooling in on the decline in spite of a government campaign to encourage it. What do you think are the reasons for the decrease? (10) What do you think about the law that imposes a heavy tax on a second family car? DEAR ABBY : My mother and dad had a full and happy 62 years together. She died last year. While going through her things, we found several old diaries that Mother kept until a few months after marrying Dad (from ages 15 to 21). Well, Dad read them and saw that Mom had dated a lot of men before they married, even one of his best friends. She wrote that there was also another man she wanted to marry, but he had a girlfriend in another town, and it was not to be. Apparently Dad had been unaware of it. Dad was devastated. Now he's telling all his friends how wild Mom was. This, after 62 years of devotion, love and two children. The purpose of my letter is to warn diarists to please destroy any writings not meant for others to read. Get rid of them! Dad is 85 and brokenhearted. -- SAD IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR SAD: Your point is well taken. However, someone needs to tell your father to stop feeling *sorry for himself* and to remember the good times. If he's worried about his deceased wife's past, the truth is, she didn't have much time for one. It's time to end the pity party and dwell on the positive. 1.What are you going to If you're in his case? 2.Have you ever find a big secret on somebody's diary? Share your experiance~ 3.It is good way to distroy your trace for afraid of find by someone? 4.We should hide our past love for spouse?(If so or not, tell me the reason)