Isn’t it obvious by now? Don’t look at your phone while driving. Don’t look at your phone while walking down stairs. And don’t look at your phone while riding your e-bike. Three… golden… rules. Especially when you’re headed right toward a… police car.
现在还不是很明显吗？开车时不要看手机。下楼梯时不要看手机。骑电动自行车时不要看手机。三个……黄金……规则。尤其是当你正朝着……警车驶去时。
Of course, in many ways, it’s surprising this hasn’t happened until now. Or at least, if it has, this is the first time media has picked up on it.
当然，从很多方面来说，令人惊讶的是直到现在才发生这种情况。或者至少，如果确实如此，这也是媒体第一次报道这一事件。
But it did, and right here in our very own Jiangsu Province, in the city of Huai’an to be exact, as The Paper reveals in a video report which which shows the encounter.
但它确实发生了，而且就在我们自己的江苏省，确切地说是在淮安市，正如澎湃新闻在一段展示这次遭遇的视频报道中所揭示的那样。
On 17 November, a man riding an e-bike in Huai’an crashed into a police car in front of him while using his mobile phone, knocking a hole in the rear of the law-enforcement vehicle.
11月17日，淮安市一名骑电动车的男子一边玩手机，一边与前方警车相撞，执法车后部被撞出一个洞。
“We were all surprised to be rear ended”, said officer, Zhang Fengming, of the Huaihai Lu Police Station in Huai’an. That’s especially so given that the first responder’s car had its emergency lights flashing at the time.
“我们都被追尾了，”淮安市淮海路派出所民警张凤鸣说。尤其是考虑到急救人员的汽车当时应急灯闪烁。
The man responsible, surnamed Jing, did at least take the initiative to admit his mistake and say he was willing to bear the maintenance cost to the police vehicle.
负责人景姓男子至少主动承认了自己的错误，并表示愿意承担警车的维修费用。
Eyes rolling aside, the antics of e-bike riders have been a headache for law enforcement for many years now.
多年来，电动自行车骑手的滑稽行为一直是执法部门头疼的问题。
Their top two crimes? Riding on the wrong side of the road and not wearing a helmet. And sometimes both at the same time. There are many, many more that we won’t dwell on here (like where riders decide to leave their bikes).
他们最严重的两项罪行是什么？逆行骑行且未戴头盔。有时两者同时进行。还有很多很多我们不会在这里详述（比如骑手决定把自行车停在哪里）。
But a law put into force in 2020 brought a change to quite a bit of that. When the mandatory helmet-wearing law came into effect on 1 June of that year, only 30 percent of e-biker riders nationally were wearing helmets. By August, Nanjing e-bike riders were toeing the line to the tune of 90 percent.
但 2020 年生效的一项法律使这种情况发生了很大变化。当强制佩戴头盔法于当年 6 月 1 日生效时，全国只有 30% 的电动自行车骑手佩戴头盔。 截至8月，南京电动自行车骑行者的遵守率达到90%。
While that made a few people in the helmet-manufacturing business very rich, in Huai’an, there today remains just one very embarrassed Mr. Jing.
虽然这让一些头盔制造行业的人发了大财，但在淮安，如今只剩下井先生一个非常尴尬的人。
