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Study: Smiling at drivers helps you cross the road faster
研究发现：行人过马路对司机微笑更安全
Smiling at drivers helps pedestrians to cross the road as quickly as possible, according to a recent study released by the University of Southern Brittany in France.
根据法国南布列塔尼大学最新一项研究发现，行人对司机微笑可帮助更快过马路。
Researchers conducted the survey with 1,200 drivers. The results show that when the female pedestrians smiled at male drivers at a crossroads, 72 percent of drivers stopped their vehicles and let the pedestrian pass. However, if the pedestrian was male and did not smile, only 38 percent of drivers did so.
这项调查研究覆盖1200位司机。调查发现，在过马路十字路口时，女性行人对司机微笑，72%的司机会停车并让行人通过。然而如果是男性行人并且没有微笑，那只有38%的司机会停车让行。
When not at a crossroads, 36 percent of male drivers stopped their cars and let smiling female pedestrians pass. However, only 9 percent of unsmiling male pedestrians received this friendly gesture.
如果不是在十字路口，只有36%的司机会给微笑的女行人停车让行。然而不微笑的男性行人只有9%可以收到此厚待。
Conversely, if the drivers were female, nearly 40 percent stopped to let the male pedestrians pass, but the number dropped to 18 percent for male pedestrians without a smile.
相反，如果司机是女性，近40%的司机会对男性行人让行，但是对于不微笑的男性行人，只有18%会获得让行待遇。