幽默笑話精粹78：速度限制

The British RAF base where I was stationed as part of a contingent of USAF personnel had one narrow road winding through the crowded residential area. After a rash of minor vehicle pedestrian accidents, the USAF commander decided to reduce the speed limit to three m. p. h.

我作為美國空軍特遣部隊的一員駐扎在英國皇家空軍某基地，那里有一條狹窄的馬路蜿蜒穿過擁擠的居民區(qū)。因為多次出現(xiàn)汽車撞傷行人一類不甚嚴(yán)重的車禍，美國空軍司令決定將車速限制在每小時三英里。

Shortly after the new limit was posted, an MP sergeant issued a speeding citation to a jeep driver for going five m. p. h. I was curious to know how the MP had determined the jeep's speed so exactly. "I was jogging to get to the PX before it closed,” he explained, "and as I passed the jeep, I noticed that the speedometer read five m. p. h.”

新的車速限制公布后不久，一名憲兵中士因一名吉普車司機(jī)開車時速達(dá)每小時五英里而給他開了一張超速傳票。我很想知道憲兵是怎樣如此精確地知道那輛吉普車的速度的。“我溜達(dá)著要在郵局關(guān)門之前到達(dá)那里，”他解釋說，“當(dāng)我超過吉普車時，我注意到計速器指向了每小時五英里。”