Google's self-driving cars have gone a total of 100,000 miles with no accidents and now the company is working towards making their vehicles even safer.
Google的無人駕駛汽車已累計安全行駛10萬英里（約16.1萬公里），未發生任何事故。現在，Google正致力於將無人駕駛汽車打造得更加安全。
The software giant recently secured a patent for technology to communicate with pedestrians.
◙ pedestrians --n.步行者( pedestrian的名詞複數 )
參考例句：
◆Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement.
幾個行人在結冰的人行道上滑倒了。
◆Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]!
行人走便道。
Screens and/or a speaker system could be used to help the cars and humans coexist safely on the road.
The details of the patent reveal the car will be able to sense when a person is standing in front or close to it and will then decide the next step to take.
◙ standing --n.持續，地位；adj.永久的，不動的，直立的，不流動的
參考例句：
◆After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.
地震過後只有幾幢房屋還立著。
◆They're standing out against any change in the law.
他們堅決反對對法律做任何修改。
The screens, which could be mounted on the doors or hood could flash alerts like 'Stop', 'Safe Cross' or a traffic sign that would inform pedestrians about what the car is doing.
◙ hood --n.頭巾，兜帽，覆蓋；v.罩上，以頭巾覆蓋
參考例句：
◆She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.
她穿著一件紅色帶兜帽的披風。
◆The car hood was dented in.
汽車的發動機罩已凹了進去。
The speaker system could vocalize the text shown on the screens and send out other alerts.
The patent says, 'the vehicle may include sensors which detect an object such as a pedestrian attempting or about to cross the roadway in front of the vehicle.'
◙ sensors --n.感測器，靈敏元件( sensor的名詞複數 )
參考例句：
◆There were more than 2000 sensors here.
這裡裝有兩千多個靈敏元件。
◆Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride.
當感測器暴露在三氯化物中時，有很大變化。
'The vehicle's computer may then determine the correct way to respond to the pedestrian.'
'The vehicle may then provide a notification to the pedestrian of what the vehicle is going to do or is currently doing.'
文章來源：Google無人駕駛汽車將可與行人溝通
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