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kaixin_in_tampa

Posted on: Fasten that Safety Belt

October 30, 2010 at 9:15 AM

I think justice was served by your answer, thank you. ^_^ I think you are right.

Maybe b/c it was an otherwise good citizen? Or maybe she was telling them "nobody *else* here has a license, why are you picking on me?!" ^_^I read somewhere that if they get a hold of someone of dubious reputation they actually make a spectacle to humiliate them and make an example out of them. In the US the police also not afraid of publicly subduing an unruly or disrespectful person, most of the time the person has it coming I.M.O.

Posted on: Fasten that Safety Belt

October 29, 2010 at 10:12 PM

公安 - gōng'ān

Posted on: Fasten that Safety Belt

October 29, 2010 at 10:06 PM

From this lesson we know that we can address a police officer as 警察 - jing3cha2. When we talk about the police, i.e., "the police arrested the thief", do we say jing3cha2 or gong1an1 (公安). The police cars have huge 公安 painted on the side doors. Do people normally use 公安 to refer to the police?

In the U.S. the seat belt laws are enforced with enormous traffic tickets that can easily reach $100 or more, depending on the state and whether it's the first time. I would guess ~$75 is the minimum. So people wear it. Here in Shanghai, one time we were stopped by an officer because neither the driver nor I were wearing. The driver got out of the car and discussed it with him and managed to avoid getting the ticket, she said he said it would be 50 RMB the next time.

I think taxis should get a pass because, as John and pretzellogic said, there's definitely no seat belt back there.