22 号公路
A traffic officer was sitting in his patrol car beside the motorway when he noticed a car crawling along at about 22 kilometres an hour. "That's dangerous," he thought. "Driving that slowly can cause an accident." So he turned on his lights and pulled the car over.
Inside were four elderly women. The driver wound down her window and smiled sweetly. "Is something wrong, officer? I was driving at exactly the speed limit."
"Ma'am," said the officer, "the speed limit here is a hundred."
"No, no," said the woman, pointing at a sign. "It says twenty-two. Look!"
The officer tried not to laugh. "That's not the speed limit, ma'am. That's the number of the road. This is State Highway 22."
"Oh dear!" said the driver, blushing. "How silly of me. Thank you, officer."
As he was about to leave, the officer looked into the back seat. The other three women were as white as sheets, gripping the seats and staring straight ahead without blinking.
"Excuse me," he said. "Are your friends all right? They look terrified."
"Oh, they'll be fine in a minute," said the driver. "We've just come off Highway 119."
一位交警正坐在高速公路边的巡逻车里，忽然发现有辆车以每小时大约 22 公里的速度慢吞吞地往前挪。“这很危险，”他想，“开得这么慢会出事故的。”于是他打开警灯，把那辆车拦了下来。
车里坐着四位老太太。司机摇下车窗，甜甜地笑着说：“警官，有什么问题吗？我开的正好是限速呀。”
“女士，”警察说，“这里的限速是一百。”
“不对，不对，”老太太指着一块路牌说，“上面写的是二十二。你看！”
警察忍着没笑出来。“女士，那不是限速，那是公路的编号。这条路是 22 号国道。”
“哎呀！”司机红着脸说，“我真是太糊涂了。谢谢你，警官。”
警察正要离开，往后座看了一眼。另外三位老太太脸色白得像纸一样，紧紧抓着座椅，眼睛一眨不眨地直直盯着前方。
“打扰一下，”他说，“您的朋友们没事吧？她们看起来吓坏了。”
“噢，她们一会儿就好了，”司机说，“我们刚从 119 号国道下来。”