日前，意大利交通部长一不小心透露了自己喜欢在夜里超速行驶的习惯，这在该国引起一片哗然。因为，身为交通部长的他不但没能以身作则，相反还经常将时速提到150公里以上，这远远超过了该国规定的最高时速130公里的限制。
据英国《泰晤士报》7月8日报道，意大利交通部长皮埃特罗·卢纳尔迪常常表示，为了减少该国每年因公路交通事故而不断上升的死亡率，大家应该做到认真驾车。但日前，这位威严的交通部长却在一次有关解决交通阻塞问题的记者招待会上，一不小心透露了他自己的秘密。
在招待会上的即兴讲话中，卢纳尔迪说，他希望许多司机可以尝试他自己避免交通堵塞的策略。他说：“就我个人而言，我喜欢在夜间开快车，只要我有时间，我都会独自驾车。”当有记者问他是否会将时速提到150公里时，他得意地回答道：“是的，甚至会更快。”可是，每小时150公里的速度早已大大超过了130公里时速的限制。
卢纳尔迪的这席话刚一说，意大利上上下下都对这位交通部长的违规驾驶表示不满。随后，卢纳尔迪特又很快发表一份声明说，那只是他的一句玩笑而已。他说：“我总是习惯小心翼翼地遵守时速限制，不仅是因为交通规则要求我这样做，还因为我十分在意自身和其他人的安全。”
但不是每一个人都相信这位交通部长这番亡羊补牢的话。意大利《晚间邮报》就尖刻地指出：“他的事后澄清看起来是如此的公式化，，他看起来也是如此有公德和一幅清白的样子，但那只能引起更多的人们对他耻笑。”
报道说，早在2003年，卢纳尔迪就曾提出过在有些路段的时速限制可以提升到150公里。卢纳尔迪当年表示：“速度的提高比开车分心引发交通事故的几率要小得多。如果你很专心，开快车你还不会打瞌睡。”但后来，他欲提升时速的建议还是被否决了。
（国际在线独家资讯 蒋黎黎）
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Italy's Transport Minister has provoked dismay and some hilarity by admitting that he loves driving through the night at almost 100mph — well over the national speed limit.
Pietro Lunardi has spent much of his four years in office encouraging Italians to drive responsibly in an attempt to curb the country's notoriously high annual death toll from road accidents.
He dropped his bombshell at the end of a press conference about measures to reduce congestion this summer.
In off-the-cuff remarks, Signor Lunardi said he hoped that many Italians would adopt his own strategy for avoiding traffic. "Personally I like travelling at night. Whenever I can, I take my car and drive alone."
Asked by a reporter if he ever drove at 150 km/h (94mph), a smiling Signor Lunardi replied: "Yes, even faster." The speed limit on Italian motorways is 130 km/h (81.5mph).
A few hours later, after a negative reaction and the failure of any of his government colleagues to defend him, Signor Lunardi issued a statement saying that he had been joking. "It is my habit to respect speed limits scrupulously, not just because the rules of the road impose it but also because I care deeply about my safety and that of other motorists."
But not everyone was convinced by this. “His clarification seemed so bureaucratic, so virtuous and virginal, that it only provoked more smiles,” said Corriere della Sera.
The doubts, as commentators noted, were hard to avoid given that, in 2003, Signor Lunardi campaigned to have the national speed limit raised to 150km/h on certain stretches of motorway.
"Speed causes fewer accidents than distraction. If you drive fast you remain alert, you don't doze off," he said at the time. That idea was eventually shelved.
摘要：
日前，意大利交通部长一不小心透露了自己喜欢在夜里超速行驶的习惯，这在该国引起一片哗然。因为，身为交通部长的他不但没能以身作则，相反还经常将时速提到150公里以上，这远远超过了该国规定的最高时速130公里的限制。