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题目：维护道路安全是否靠加强违章惩罚（该文在9月10日考试中获8分）? Recent?years?have?witnessed?a?worsening?trend?in?road?safety.?According?to?statistics?from?the?local?authority,?the?number?of?traffic?accidents?in?2004?was?20%?greater?than?that?of?the?previous?year.?The?issue?is?gaining?more?and?more?concern?of?the?public,?some?of?whom?propose?that?stricter?punishment?on?traffic?offenders?should?be?the?only?way?to?ensure?road?safety.?As?far?as?I?am?concerned,?I?hold?that?punishment?should?not?be?only?solution?to?the?problem.? There?is?certainly?no?denying?that?stricter?penalties?may?to?some?extent?bring?down?the?number?of?accidents?on?motorways?as?a?deterrent?to?driving?offences.?Besides,?the?government?may?enjoy?a?greater?revenue?from?severer?fines,?which?can?in?turn?be?used?to?improve?road?conditions.? However,?we?shall?never?overlook?the?other?side?of?the?coin:?punishment?has?its?downsides.?Fines,?as?the?most?common?penalty?for?driving?violations,?tend?to?instill?in?people?the?misconception?that?money?can?pay?off?their?guilt?and?resolve?the?problem.?As?a?result,?we?can?see?many?cases?where?the?traffic?offender?commits?the?same?or?another?mistake?even?after?having?been?fined?a?lot.?In?spite?of?heavier?punishment,?road?safety?cannot?be?enhanced?unless?drivers?are?equipped?with?sufficient?driving?skills?and?knowledge.?Recently?there?have?emerged?many?irresponsible?driving?schools?that?have?produced?a?host?of?unqualified?drivers,?contributing?to?more?traffic?offences.?Thus?tight?control?on?driving?schools?and?the?driving?testing?system?is?needed?as?well?to?improve?road?safety.?Furthermore,?advertisements?and?campaigns?concerned?should?be?launched?to?raise?the?public?awareness.?When?people?are?fully?aware?of?the?importance?of?abiding?traffic?rules,?accidents?may?hopefully?be?eliminated.? From?the?above?discussion,?it?is?clear?that?only?stricter?punishment?is?not?enough?to?enhance?road?safety.?Instead,?it?should?go?hand?in?hand?with?closer?control?on?driving?schools?and?the?testing?system?as?wel