License & License Related 驾照相关内容 1. Your drivers license may be suspended for causing one serious accident。 出现严重的事故,你的驾照会被暂停。 2. Your license may be suspended or revoked for letting someone use your license。 让别人使用你的驾照,你的驾照将被暂停或吊销。 3. If a policeman requests you to take a test to see if you are driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and you refuse, your license will be suspended for 6 months. 当警察要求你参加酒精或药物测试,你拒绝,你的驾照将被暂停 6个月。 4. When a parent signs the application of a minor for a drivers license, the parent and the teenager assume responsibility. 当父母签字同意未成年人参加驾驶考试时,家长和未成年人均承担相应责任。 5. An instruction permit is good for 1 year from the applicant’s next birthday. 家长的同意一年有效,截止于申请人的下一个生日。(申请人为未成年人) 6. A provisional license is issued to a person under 18 years of age 18岁以下的申请人只能申请临时驾照。 7. The minimum age to obtain a drivers license is 16 years old 申请驾照的最低年龄为 16岁。
Parking Rules 泊车 1. A vehicle should never park within 15 ft of a fire hydrant (ca. 4 m) 在消防龙头15英尺内不能泊车。(1英尺=0.3048米 15英尺大约 4.6米) 2. Do not park within 30 feet of a traffic light or stop sign 交通信号灯丶停止信号(stop sign)30英尺内不能泊车。(30英尺大约 9米) 3. Parallel parking is a test of maneuverability (6” to 18” from the curb) 平行停车考察的是对车的操控能力。(距离路缘石6-18英寸 1英寸(in)=2.54厘米(cm) 因此 15cm-45cm) 4. When parking near a corner, you may park your car no closer than 20 feet from the crosswalk 在路口停车,泊车应距离人行横道至少 20英尺。(20英尺 大约6米) 5. When parking on a hill headed down, it is best to turn your front wheels to the curb 在山坡下坡路泊车,最好将前轮转向路沿石。
Traffic Lights, Sign Lights 交通信号 1. If blinded by an approaching car at night, it is best to slow and look at the white line by the edge of the road 夜间行车时当对面行进车辆大灯耀眼时,最好减速慢行并将目光转向路缘的白线。 2. A driver waiting to make a left turn at a solid green light should yield to all coming vehicles 绿灯前准备左转的车辆让其他车辆先行。 3. A flashing yellow light means caution, slow down 黄灯闪烁提示小心,减速慢行 4. A flashing red light means always to stop 红灯闪烁提示停车 5. You are required by law to turn your headlights on for night driving ½ hour after sunset until ½ hour before sunrise 根据法律规定,你应在日落后半小时直至日出前半小时将大灯打开。 6. The lights on your car must be turned on anytime day or night when persons or vehicles cannot be clearly seen for 1000 ft. 当车前 1000英尺的车辆行人无法看清时,无论白天或黑夜,均应该打开大灯。(300米) 7. When meeting a school bus which has stopped to load or unload students you must stop and wait until the flashing red lights go off 当前方遇到校车停车上下学生时,必须停车等候直至闪烁的红灯熄灭。 8. When driving in fog you can see better by using low beam headlights 雾天行车时,使用 前雾灯可改善视野。 9. At night a driver should dim their headlights when an oncoming car comes within 500 feet 夜间行车时,前方500英尺有车会车时,应使用近光灯150米。 10. A green arrow at a traffic light means you are protected to carefully go in the direction the arrow shows 前方绿色箭头亮时,你可以沿箭头方向行车。注意安全。