A part of Venezuela's capital Caracas is giving dangerous drivers the silent treatment, sending mimes into the streets to do what police alone have not: tame the lawless traffic, AP reported.

About 120 mimes dressed in clown-like outfits and white gloves took to the streets of the Sucre district this past week, wagging their fingers at traffic violators.

Mayor Carlos Ocariz of Sucre turned to the mimes to encourage civility among reckless drivers and careless pedestrians. He is following the example of Antanas Mockus, a former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, who combined mimes and stricter police enforcement in a program that was widely seen as a success. （点击ABC网站查看原文）

委内瑞拉：小丑管交通

       要疏通无序的交通，光靠警察是不行的。据美联社报道，委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯苏克雷区让小丑上街，以无声的方式来警告那些危险的驾驶者。

       过去一周，约120名戴着白色手套的小丑在苏克雷区街头向违犯交规的人摆手。

       苏克尔区区长卡洛斯·奥卡利兹让小丑向鲁莽的司机和粗心的行人宣传文明出行，这是在效仿哥伦比亚首都波哥大前市长安塔纳斯·莫库斯的做法，其小丑劝诫和警察严格执法并举的措施曾经卓有成效。

(China.org.cn October 10, 2011)