日本推出高齡司機奇葩福利 放棄駕照可享喪葬折扣

Japanese authorities have been trying to encourage elderly drivers to give up driving after a recent spate of accidents, some of which involved drivers confusing the accelerator and the brake pedals.

近來日本高齡駕駛員引發了不少交通事故，有些事故中駕駛員弄錯了油門和剎車踏板，因此日本當局一直在試圖鼓勵高齡駕駛員放棄駕駛。

The latest incentive is in central Aichi Prefecture, where a company that runs 89 funeral homes is offering a 15% discount on funeral services for elderly drivers who give up their licenses.

日本中部的愛知縣推出了最新的激勵措施，當地一家運營89家殯儀館的公司向那些放棄駕照的高齡駕駛員提供85折的殯葬費用優惠。

Anyone wanting to take advantage of it has to provide evidence that they have handed in their license at the local police station.

想要享受這一政策的高齡駕駛員必須提供自己已向當地警察局交出駕照的證明。

The discount can be extended to family members, including those who live outside the prefecture.

這一優惠還適用於其家庭成員，包括那些不在愛知縣居住的家庭成員。

In 2015, there were almost 4.8 million license holders over the age of 75, according to The Japan Times.

據《日本時報》報道，2015年，日本有近480萬名75歲以上的老人持有駕照。

The same period saw an increase in the number of fatal collisions involving elderly drivers.

在同一時期，年長者駕車引發致死事故這一問題日益凸顯。

The funeral home initiative is quite a contrast to another offer announced in Aichi in November, whereby elderly locals could tuck into cut-price noodles if they surrendered their driving licences.

殯儀館的這一激勵措施，與愛知縣去年十一月發佈的另一項措施截然不同。那個方案是，如果當地的高齡駕駛員放棄駕照，那麼他們就可以享受優惠麪條。