Don't dare

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In the harsh winter sun, a motorbike taxi driver named T patiently inched his way along the crowded road. He kept urging T to drive onto the sidewalk to escape the crowd, but T shook his head and said nothing. After a long time, after passing the traffic jam, he pointed to the traffic police checkpoint at the corner where the officers were punishing violators, telling the passengers: We don't dare to drive recklessly now, sir. Now the fines have increased 10 times compared to before, such as running a red light, driving in the wrong direction, driving onto the sidewalk (except for going onto the sidewalk to enter a house or office) will be fined from 4 to 6 million VND.

He nodded, listening to Mr. T add: And now there is also the matter of fines, anyone who violates will have money deducted from their account. Where there is no police, I used to drive recklessly, but now I don't dare, I'm afraid that some people will take pictures and report me to the police and I'll run to hell. I drive for a whole month, and if I get fined once, it's over. But that's okay, now customers like you are very safe. Before, when getting on the bus, customers would urge me to go fast, tell me to run red lights, and they would accept it, but since the beginning of the new year, no customers say that anymore.

Arriving at the company, he saw that it was still early, so he took the opportunity to have a hot black coffee with a female colleague. She complained that the day before, she was in a hurry to pick up a girl and drove onto the sidewalk, not expecting to be recorded by a camera. A few days later, she received a notice of fine. The amount of money equaled a month of her daughter's piano lessons, which made her feel very sorry. Sometimes, just because of regretting a little time, the price to pay is too high. Then she said: civilized awareness of traffic safety is necessary, but sometimes because of wanting to be fast, wanting to get ahead, people drive recklessly, which is a lesson for life.

He nodded: Following the law is respecting others, and also respecting yourself. And remembering a few months ago, when I was traveling with a foreign tourist, passing a section of the road, seeing a red light, a few young men still calmly rushed through it. The tourist turned to him and asked: Are those guys crazy! If you want to commit suicide, don't drag other people's lives into it! At that time, he just laughed, now thinking back, the awareness of safety for himself and others seemed natural, but it turned out that it took time to realize it properly.

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