Under the circumstances, you might imagine that drivers in the Kabul Gorge would proceed slowly, crawling and craning their necks to guard against oncoming traffic whipping round the next curve.
The nearest modern equivalent I can think of to this is the ID card that everybody working in an office now has to wear round their necks to get past the security check.
我认为这物品最相当于现代社会的办公室里,大家都佩戴在脖子上通过安全检查时的工作身份牌。
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The "freedom" to buy a house would become a chain round their necks.