Japanese authorities have been trying to encourage elderly drivers to give up driving after a recent spate¹ of accidents, some of which involved drivers confusing the accelerator and the brake pedals.

近来日本高龄驾驶员引发了不少交通事故，有些事故中驾驶员弄错了油门和刹车踏板，因此日本当局一直在试图鼓励高龄驾驶员放弃驾驶。

The latest incentive² is in central Aichi Prefecture, where a company that runs 89 funeral homes is offering a 15% discount on funeral services for elderly drivers who give up their licenses³.

日本中部的爱知县推出了最新的激励措施，当地一家运营89家殡仪馆的公司向那些放弃驾照的高龄驾驶员提供85折的殡葬费用优惠。

Anyone wanting to take advantage of it has to provide evidence that they have handed in their license⁴ at the local police station.

想要享受这一政策的高龄驾驶员必须提供自己已向当地警察局交出驾照的证明。

The discount can be extended to family members, including those who live outside the prefecture.

这一优惠还适用于其家庭成员，包括那些不在爱知县居住的家庭成员。

In 2015, there were almost 4.8 million license holders⁵ over the age of 75, according to The Japan Times.

据《日本时报》报道，2015年，日本有近480万名75岁以上的老人持有驾照。

The same period saw an increase in the number of fatal collisions involving elderly drivers.

在同一时期，年长者驾车引发致死事故这一问题日益凸显。

The funeral home initiative is quite a contrast to another offer announced in Aichi in November, whereby elderly locals could tuck into cut-price noodles if they surrendered their driving licences.

殡仪馆的这一激励措施，与爱知县去年十一月发布的另一项措施截然不同。那个方案是，如果当地的高龄驾驶员放弃驾照，那么他们就可以享受优惠面条。