荷蘭出新規禁止騎行者使用手機!

Using a mobile phone while cycling is to be banned in the Netherlands amid mounting safety fears in a country where bikes outnumber people.

荷蘭的自行車比人還多，這使得人們對安全隱患的擔憂漸增，因此荷蘭將禁止騎車時用手機。

A draft law scheduled to take effect next July will extend an existing 2002 ban on car and lorry drivers using their mobile phones at the wheel unless in hands-free mode to "the use of a mobile electronic device while driving any vehicle (including a bicycle)".

荷蘭2002年已出臺禁令，禁止汽車和卡車司機開車時用手機（免提模式除外），一項將於明年7月生效的法律草案將在此基礎上把禁令修改爲禁止“在駕駛任何車輛（包括自行車）時使用移動電子設備”。

The Dutch transport minister, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, said the law was needed because the advent of social media and unlimited mobile data had changed how people used smartphones and the time they spent on them.

荷蘭交通部長科拉·凡·鈕文惠真稱，社交媒體的出現和無限的數據流量已經改變了人們使用智能手機的方式和花在手機上的時間，因此實施這一法律很有必要。

Cyclists were excluded from the initial ban because of their lower speeds, Van Niewenhuizen said.

凡·鈕文惠真表示，最初的禁令不涉及騎行者，是因爲騎車速度相對較慢。

"But in fact, using a phone is just as dangerous on a bike as it is in a car," she said. "The fact is that whenever you're on the road you should be paying full attention and not doing anything at all on a phone."

她說：“但事實上，騎車用手機和開車用手機一樣危險。無論何時，只要你在馬路上，都應該集中注意力，而不要用手機做任何事。”

The increasing popularity of electric bikes meant cyclists' average speed had risen, the minister added, while the country's 22,000 miles of cycle lanes and paths had become more crowded.

這位部長稱，電動自行車越來越受歡迎，這意味着騎自行車的人的平均速度提高了，而該國2.2萬英里長的自行車道和小道變得更加擁擠。

The Netherlands has more bikes -- about 22.5m -- than people: 17 million. Almost a quarter of the population cycles every day and cycle use has increased by about 12% since 2005; the average Dutch cyclist now covers more than 600 miles a year in 250-300 trips.

荷蘭的自行車（2250萬輛）比人（1700萬）還多。近四分之一的人口每天都要騎車，自2005年以來，自行車使用量增加了約12%；荷蘭騎車者每年平均出行250到300次，里程超600英里。