Текст 6 Безопасность

What about safety

Задание 1 Чтение и перевод текста: Безопасность.

WHAT ABOUT SAFETY?

Driver error is the leading cause of the 6 million plus crashes that occur on U.S. highways each year. Public and government organizations are concerned with possible driver distraction involving emerging technologies such as navigation and entertainment systems and e-mail and Internet access.

It is found that in the U.S. 44% of drivers have phones in their vehicles or carry phones when they drive, 1% have e-mail access, and 3% have facsimile capabilities. An estimated 25% of crashes each year involve some form of disattraction or inattention. Driver distraction, along with other intelligent vehicle safety issues, is discussed by researchers, manufacturers, and customers.

Use of a cell phone while driving accounts for about 1.5% of accidents caused by driver disattraction. In reviewing crashes from 1995 through 1999 involving 32,000 vehicles, researchers found that 8.3% of drivers were distracted when the accident occurred. Of those, 29.4% were distracted by "something outside" the vehicle. Other distractions, in order, were making audio-system adjustments (11.4%), speaking with vehicle occupants (10.9%), making climate control adjustments (2.8%), and eating and drinking (1.7%). 29% of drivers indicated that they had used a cell phone behind the wheel. Of those, 13% said dealing with the phone caused or almost caused an accident.

Though specialists in many countries have been researching the safety implications of "new" in-vehicle systems on driver disattraction for a number of years, the industry has been doing it for far longer. Similar concerns surfaced when radios were first fitted to vehicles. A primary emphasis of the industry's approach to vehicle communication and information system development is driver safety, with systems designed to ensure that drivers keep their hands on the steering wheel and eyes on the road. Research is being conducted to develop well-designed in-vehicle human/machine interfaces for safe driving.

In addition, some companies are developing voice-recognition technologies for not only navigation but also future control systems and "infotainment" features. Such system is developed for the Jaguar S-type. This system enables the S-type driver to control the car's audio, climate-control, and telephone functions by using simple voice commands.

These and other innovations being developed by the automotive industry will help reduce driver disattraction and make the roads safer.

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Driver ___________ is the ___________cause of the 6 million plus crashes that ___________ on U.S. highways each year.

Public and government organizations are concerned with possible driver ___________ involving ___________ technologies such as navigation and entertainment _____________ and e-mail and Internet access.

An estimated 25% of crashes each year involve some form of disattraction or __________.

Driver distraction, along with other intelligent ___________ ___________ issues, is discussed by researchers, manufacturers, and customers.

Use of a___________ ____________while driving accounts for about 1.5% of accidents caused by driver disattraction.

A ___________ ___________is driver safety, with systems designed to ensure that drivers keep their hands on the steering wheel and eyes on the road.

Research is being conducted to develop well-designed in-vehicle __________ __________ interfaces for safe driving.

Some companies are developing___________ ___________ _________ for not only navigation but also future control systems and "infotainment" features.

These and other innovations being developed by the automotive industry will help reduce __________ __________ and make the roads safer.