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哈里85岁了，许多人都认为他太老不能开车了。但是哈里并不这样想，他一直都在开车，凭着上帝起誓，他想一直开下去。他甚至要到凡努伊市的车辆管理局参加驾驶考试，以证明他还能开车。 就给他一次机会吧——他能发动汽车，没问题。但是“呼”的一声他就撞到了已经坏了的停车标志牌上。接着，他踩的不是刹车而是油门，随即就撞到了一栋楼上。没有人死亡，也没人受伤，但是哈里的车损失惨重，他撞上的楼损失也很大。是哪一栋楼呢？天哪，当然是车辆管理局大楼。哈里开车是想到街上去参加测试的。唉，哈里在监考官眼前开车撞上车辆管理局大楼的时候，你很难说服他们相信你仍有能力把握方向盘。在调查车祸期间,哈里的驾驶证被吊销。希望会有人带他回豕。今天是哈里的倒霉日，但对其他司机来说是个幸运的日子，对南加利福尼亚州的其他建筑物和损坏的停车标志牌来说更是个幸运的日子。 The Gas Pedal Moved on Its Own At 85，Harry may have been considered too old to drive by many people. But Harry was not one of those people； he’d been driving all this time and, by gum, he wanted to keep driving. He was even going to take a driving test at the Van Nuys’ Department of Motor Vehicles to prove he still had what it took. And give Harry this much—he was able to start his engine just fine. But then came the part where he hit that handicapped parking sign, which was followed by hitting the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal, which was immediately followed by Harry smashing into a building. No one was killed or injured, but Harry's car suffered dama¬ges, as did the building he plowed into. And which building was that? Why, the Depart¬ment of Motor Vehicles, of course. Harry was moving his car in order to get into the street to take the test. Alas for Harry—when you crash your car into the DMV while your test instructors is right there watching you, it’s difficult to argue that you're still competent behind the wheel. Harry’s license was revoked pending the in¬vestigation of his car accident. Hopefully he had someone to take him home. A bad day for Harry, but a good day for other drivers, not to mention other buildings and handicapped parking signs in Southern California. |
