English Original
A highway patrol officer spotted a car driving dangerously slow on a busy freeway. He pulled it over and found the driver to be an elderly lady with four other older women as passengers.
"Ma'am," said the officer, "driving this slowly is almost as dangerous as speeding. You need to maintain the speed limit."
"But I always keep to the limit," replied the lady. "I was driving at the limit when you stopped me."
The officer asked, "What do you think the speed limit is on this road?"
The dear old lady said, "I just saw the sign a moment ago: U.S. Highway 22."
"But ma'am," the officer explained, "that's the highway number, not the speed limit."
The lady was very apologetic, and of course, no ticket was issued. The officer noticed that all the passengers looked pale and frightened. As he turned to leave, wondering if his presence was the cause, he turned back and asked the driver, "Ma'am, are you sure all your passengers are alright?"
"Oh, they'll be fine in a few moments," she replied. "We just turned off Highway 120."
中文翻译
一名公路巡警在一条繁忙的高速公路上发现一辆车开得异常缓慢，十分危险。他将车拦下，发现司机是一位老太太，车上还有另外四位年长的女性乘客。
“女士，”警官说，“开得这么慢几乎和超速一样危险。您需要保持限速行驶。”
“但我一直遵守限速啊，”老太太回答，“你拦下我的时候，我正按限速开呢。”
警官问道：“您认为这条路限速是多少？”
这位可爱的老太太说：“我刚刚才看到路牌：美国22号公路。”
“但是女士，”警官解释道，“那是公路编号，不是限速。”
老太太非常抱歉，当然，也没有收到罚单。警官注意到所有乘客都脸色苍白，眼神惊恐。当他转身准备离开，心想是不是自己的出现吓到了她们时，他又转回来问司机：“女士，您确定您的乘客都没事吗？”
“哦，她们过一会儿就好了，”她回答，“我们刚从120号公路拐下来。”