我在美国的3个月,从哈佛大学的图书馆回到家里,路上常常要碰到的事情是,每到一个路口,一旦有车,它们必定让人先行。这是什么道理呢?一般人都说,这是西方人比较“以人为本”。一开始我也这样想,但是后来才知道,其实在他们的交通规则里,有一个“路权”的观念。路权,就是眼前这条路,人人有权,而且这个权利是平等的。 When I returned home from Harvard University’s library three months after I was in the United States, what I often encountered on the road was that at every intersection, once a car was available, they must have been the first to go. What is the reason? Most people say that this is a Westerner more “people-oriented.” From the very beginning, I thought so too, but later I realized that in fact there is a notion of “right of way” in their traffic rules. Right of way, this road is the front, everyone has the right, and this right is equal.