來源：Jennifer Earl, Foxnews, 17 DEC 2018, 原文網址
An Ohio police officer told a teenager "you're welcome" in an open letter on Facebook
Sunday after issuing the 18-year-old a speeding ticket on State Route
10. And the cop hopes other lead-footed drivers will take note.
週日，一個俄亥俄警官在州道10號對一個18歲少年仔開下超速罰單後，在Facebook寫下公開信"歡迎他"。希望其他愛開快車的人也注意。
When
the officer — who was not identified in the post — with the North
Ridgeville Police Department pulled the teenager over for speeding, the
driver claimed to not realize how fast he or she was going. But the
officer immediately knew that wasn't true. In fact, the official said it
should be pretty obvious you're speeding when you hit 100 miles per
hour in a 65 mile-per-hour zone.
這個北里奇維爾警署的警官身份在po文中無法辨識。當他因超速把那個少年仔攔停到路邊時，駕駛聲稱他不知道他到底開多快。但是警官當然知道他在胡說八道。事實上，警官說在限速65英哩的地方開到100英哩再明顯不過了。
警官寫下："在限速35英哩的地方開到45英哩或許還可以辯解說是不知道，但是都開到100英哩了才沒有不知道這種事。道路顛簸不平的每一下振動，快速超越其他車輛產生的風壓，需更快速的打方向盤來切換車道，這些事在在都在告訴你，你開到100英哩了。你絕對知道。"
The officer said the teen was just "minutes away" from causing a Christmas tragedy, potentially harming him or herself as well as others on the road. It was clear the teen was upset — "visibly shaking and breathing hard" — after being pulled over by the patrol car, but that wasn't the right reason to panic, the cop added.
警官說，這個少年仔僅僅只差一點點就沒辦法安度聖誕節了，除了害到自己還可能害到其他用路人。警官還說：在被巡邏車攔停下來之後，當然這個少年仔很懊惱 - "明顯的在抖、喘氣著" - 但是這實在不是抖的理由。
"Sometimes you’re the innocent person hit by someone with no regard for anyone else and sometimes you’re the one with no regard for anyone else. Today you were the latter."
有時候你是被那種不顧他人安全的混球撞到的無辜的人，有時候你是那種不顧他人安全的混球。今天你就是後者。
"You should have been scared that you were trying to kill yourself. I know you’re invincible. I know that you can’t even fathom your own death," the officer continued. "I can tell you dozens of stories of dead and broken 18-year-old bodies that I’ve pulled from cars. Broken bodies that I’ve found in front yards after crashes. Unrecognizable bodies. They thought they were invincible too. They weren’t."
"差點把自己害死你的確是應該很怕。好啦，我知道你是金剛不壞之身。甚至你覺的怎麼可能會死。" 警官接著說："但我可以告訴你一打我得從撞爛的車上拉出殘缺不全的青少年屍體的故事。還有撞爛後從人家家裡院子找到屍塊的故事。還認不出來喔。他們也覺的他們是金剛不壞之身。但當然不是。"
In the lengthy letter, the officer pleads with the teenager to think about his or her parents or guardians in the future, explaining how they would be devastated if anything happened to their child.
在這不短的公開信中，警官懇切的告訴少年仔多想想她的父母或監護人的未來，解釋道如果他有個萬一他們會有多崩潰。
"Sometimes you’re the innocent person hit by someone with no regard for anyone else and sometimes you’re the one with no regard for anyone else. Today you were the latter," the official added.
警官還說："有時候你是被那種不顧他人安全的混球撞到的無辜的人，有時候你是那種不顧他人安全的混球。今天你就是後者。"
At the end of the note, the officer admitted the 18-year-old appeared to be a "nice kid who made a bad decision," though the cop added the ticketed was warranted.
在信的最後，就算還是開了單，警官說這個18歲的少年仔應該是個"做了個錯誤抉擇的好孩子"，
"I don’t feel bad about this ticket at all. In fact, I’m proud of it. I hope you’re paying it off for months and with every payment you think about how it wasn’t worth it. I hope you slow down," the note continues, adding once again a reminder that no one is invincible.
"開了這單我很自豪，一點也不會感覺糟糕。我希望你花好幾個月的時間把錢付清，想想這筆錢花的有多不值得，希望你能慢下來。"，po文的字句最後還是再加上了"沒有人是金剛不壞的"。
The Facebook post has been shared by more than 78,000 people and received 6,000 comments as of Monday afternoon. The majority of users thanked the police department for the emotional reminder.
這則臉書po文到了週一下午被分享了78000次，還有6000則留言。大部分的人都感謝警署的警世語。
"We have some outstanding cops," one Facebook user replied.
"我們有一些很讚的警察"，臉書上有人留言。
"Thank you mr. Officer you could not say it no better way only if the kids realize what damage they can do the other people God bless you and your family," another echoed.
"謝謝你，警官。實在沒有更好的辦法讓這些孩子明白他們能對他人造成多大的傷害了。上帝保佑你與你的家人。"有人留言道。
"Thank you for stopping him. Job well done," a man responded.
"謝謝你把他攔下來，幹的好。"，有人回應道。
註釋：
lead-footed: 愛開快車的人
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