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The problem `how to reduce road traffic accidents?`
No need for special expertise or statistics, everyone knows that in terms of quantity, motorbikes account for a large proportion in the structure of all types of transport.
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A weak old man with shaking hands or an eager underage young man, an aunt going to the market without a driver’s license… can also jump into the car and drive.
Damage caused by traffic accidents is not only in the casualty rate (the number of people who die in traffic accidents every year is greater than the number of deaths due to war, no one knows this), but also in the immediate and immediate costs.
IÂ know a tall, very strong Western guy, I often play soccer with him every weekend afternoon.
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Authorities and experts have known this for a long time and have proposed many measures to control motorbikes, but they are not very effective or encounter many conflicting opinions, leading to a dead end.
Why?
If you want people to give up the habit of using motorbikes, you must make it no longer arbitrary and switch to using public transportation.
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