A road safety campaign in Russia has come up with an inventive way to force drivers to slow down - by using topless women to carry speed limit signs.
俄羅斯一個道路安全宣傳活動用頗具創意的方式讓路上的司機減速：讓裸胸美女在路邊舉著限速牌。

The scheme involves near naked women parading along the side of the road at accident blackspots.
該活動還包括讓衣著清涼的女性在事故多發路段游行。

A trial showed that the idea significantly slowed traffic near a pedestrian crossing in Severny village, in the central Nizhny Novgorod region.
在下諾夫哥羅德區中心的塞弗尼村開展的公路安全活動試點結果顯示，這一舉措的效果還不錯，車輛在經過人行橫道時會減速。

Road safety campaign Avtodrizhenia, who staged the trial, said that 'most speeding drivers, the majority of whom happened to be men, slowed down to admire the female road safety assistants.'
本次交通安全宣傳活動的發起人Avtodrizhenia說道：“大多數超速司機（主要是男性）會把車速降下來欣賞這些協助維持交通安全的女性。”

While the trial dates from 2013, the idea has been revived as part of a new national debate on reducing the 30,000 a year deaths on Russia's roads.
其實這項試點活動從2013年就開始了，但近來由于俄羅斯國內又在爭論如何減少每年3萬起交通死亡事故，這個創意又獲得新的關注。

The topless women held signs warning of 60 and 40 kilometres per hour. There were no reports of accidents caused by drivers being distracted.
裸胸女性高舉時速60公里和40公里的限速警告牌。目前還沒有司機因此分心而造成事故的報道。

Elderly pedestrians were grateful for the bizarre method, claiming they took their lives in their hands each time they use the designated road crossing.
老年人對這一不走尋常路的活動十分支持，他們說每次過交叉路口時，都好像與“死神擦肩而過”。

One female pensioner said: 'Drivers do not let us cross. Some of them do but many others just fly past.
一名老婦說：“那些司機從來不讓我們先過馬路，有些人會慢下來讓我們通過，但其他人會飛快駛過。”

'They even shout at us - 'why are you walking here?' Can you believe it?'
“你能相信嗎？他們甚至朝我們大喊大叫——‘你們為什么從這兒走？’”

One of the models who stripped off for the experiment said: 'Our drivers usually do not slow down when they pass a village or a settlement even though there are speed limit signs by the road. So we have to make them do it.'
為該活動寬衣的一位女模特說：“司機們在通過村莊或交叉路口時通常不會減速。即使有限速標志，也沒用。所以，我們必須讓他們慢下來。”

A male driver said: 'It's super thing, amazing. I'd like to see more of this by the road, and yes I looked at speed limit sign this time. It will teach other drivers too.'
一位男性司機說：“這個主意太棒了，我很樂意在路邊看到更多美女限速牌，而且這回我真的看到了限速標志。別的司機也一定會看的。”

Igor Mikhailushkin, head of the regional police press service in Nizhny Novgorod region, where the experiment took place, said: 'We have organised similar installations this and last year trying to make the drivers obey the speed limit.
下諾夫哥羅德地區警方新聞發言人伊格爾?米哈伊爾烏什琴表示，“我們去年和今年都組織了類似的活動，希望司機能夠遵守限速規則。”

?'But I must say our girls were dressed more than these women.'
“不過，我不得不說，我們警局的女同事比這些女士穿得要多一些。”

Figures suggest Russia's roads are among the most dangerous in the world.
有數據表明俄羅斯公路是世界上最危險的公路之一。

英文來源：每日郵報
翻譯：張雪妮（中國日報網愛新聞iNews譯者）
編審：Helen/yaning