Band 6: Describe a traffic rule or law you know about (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I think laws are always made for human benefits, but I am neither a law expert nor do I have sufficient knowledge regarding traffic rules. To be honest, every country in this world has its own set of traffic rules to maintain order and discipline on their roads. I think these rules are the most significant laws in our country, or at least as good as others. The law I am talking about allows the authorities in my country to punish a drunk driver by suspending their driving license for a long period of time and then putting them in prison for three years. In addition, the authorities are also allowed to impose a hefty fine, which I cannot remember. Now, the question is how I know about this law. The answer is that I had to learn about this law in order to get a driving license after passing the written test along with the road test. I always abide by all the laws, but to be honest, there are very few times I drive over the speed limit when the roads are almost empty. I am afraid I might be fined for this, and I think it is really difficult to accept the strict law when the final punishment is imposed on oneself. As far as I can vividly remember, one year ago, one of my neighbors named Shuzon, who is a nice person, was fined 70,000 for driving with an expired license, which was only two days overdue. It was during the time of COVID-19, which is why he could not renew his driving license.

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I think laws are always made for human benefits, but I am neither a law expert nor I have sufficient knowledge regarding this traffic rules, but to be honest is an every country in this world it has own seat of traffic rules to maintain order and discipline and on their road actually. And I think these rules is the most significant rule law in our country or at least good as others. The law I am talking about is a law that allows the authority to my country to punish a drunk driver by suspending his driving license for a long period of time then putting him into prisons for 3 years. In addition to say the authority is also allowed to find a hefty amount of money which I cannot remember actually. And now the question is how I know about this law? The answer is that I have to learn about this law in order to get a driving license after passing the writing test together with road test actually. And I always abide by all the laws, but to be honest very few times I drive over the street limit when roads are almost empty. Actually I am afraid I might be fine for this and I think it is really difficult to accept the strict law when final punishment to impose on herself or herself. As far as I could vividly remember one year ago one of my neighbor named Shuzon who is a knife person was fined for 70,000 trucker by expiring his driving license only for 2 days before. Actually it was the time of COVID-19 that is why he could not renew his driving license.

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