????是不是覺得開車的時(shí)候發(fā)短信就算是分心了？現(xiàn)在新奧迪A6搭載了一款增強(qiáng)版的導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng),，它采用了來(lái)自谷歌（Google）的技術(shù),，提供了搜索和影音播放功能,，它可能使駕駛者的分心程度達(dá)到一個(gè)全新的高度。不過這個(gè)系統(tǒng)中也包含了一些安全措施,，可以減少發(fā)生事故的可能性,。

????奧迪導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)地圖格式已經(jīng)被替換成了谷歌地球（Google Earth）的衛(wèi)星影像，而且每臺(tái)轎車自帶一個(gè)WiFi熱點(diǎn)（服務(wù)由T-Mobile公司提供,，每月收費(fèi)30美元）。谷歌可以搜索餐廳或其它地標(biāo),，然后通過汽車的導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)提供導(dǎo)航,。

????想知道某家汽車旅館里是否有兒童泳池嗎？只需搜索這家汽車旅店的名字即可,。你還可以得知這家旅店長(zhǎng)什么樣子，它都配備了哪些功能,。如果你對(duì)搜索結(jié)果感到滿意,，可以讓導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)為你帶路。系統(tǒng)會(huì)自動(dòng)發(fā)出一條消息,，提醒你將谷歌的技術(shù)整合到導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)中會(huì)帶來(lái)哪些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，也會(huì)提醒你它將增加駕駛時(shí)分心的可能性,。

????不過奧迪還研發(fā)出了加強(qiáng)型的高科技安全裝置，它可以降低A6轎車遭遇事故的機(jī)率,，還可以增加轎車在遭遇事故時(shí)的安全系數(shù)。車上的雷達(dá)和探像頭可以對(duì)車身的前后左右進(jìn)行探測(cè),，看看是否有發(fā)生事故的風(fēng)險(xiǎn),。如果危險(xiǎn)逼近,，就會(huì)迅速在儀表盤上發(fā)出報(bào)警信號(hào)?！昂帽扰牧艘幌履愕募绨颍币晃粖W迪發(fā)言人說(shuō),。

????如果碰撞已經(jīng)難以避免,，那么在碰撞發(fā)生之前的幾毫秒，安全帶會(huì)收緊,，車窗和天窗會(huì)自動(dòng)關(guān)上。如果是后方有車要撞上來(lái)了,，而且前方還有一輛車在行駛,，那么轎車的軟件就會(huì)自動(dòng)計(jì)算是否應(yīng)該進(jìn)行制動(dòng)，以減輕二次碰撞造成的傷害,。另外除非碰撞的確發(fā)生了,，否則安全氣囊不會(huì)展開,。

????奧迪發(fā)言人馬克?丹納克表示：“高級(jí)駕駛信息和高主動(dòng)安全性這兩個(gè)趨勢(shì)是協(xié)同發(fā)展的。如果你把iPhone帶到車?yán)?，那么你已?jīng)可以使用這些功能了,。不過我們把這些功能整合進(jìn)了汽車?yán)铮顾鼈儽M可能地安全和實(shí)用,?！?/p>

????“長(zhǎng)官,，電腦做到了！”

????高技信息技術(shù)正在創(chuàng)造出越來(lái)越多的汽車應(yīng)用程序,，它把汽車變成了一部安在輪子上的電腦,。最終駕駛員承擔(dān)的操控和駕駛?cè)蝿?wù)可能會(huì)越來(lái)越少,。去年谷歌就展示了一款無(wú)人駕駛汽車，它在加州的公路上自動(dòng)駕駛了1,，000英里,，中間差不多沒有出任何事故。本月早些時(shí)候,，內(nèi)華達(dá)州的立法委員們還通過了一項(xiàng)法案，授權(quán)該州的交通局起草一系列規(guī)則和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，以規(guī)范無(wú)人駕駛汽車在州級(jí)公路上的行駛,。

????沃爾沃（Volvo）也引入了一個(gè)名叫“城市安全”的系統(tǒng),，它可以降低因駕駛員未能及時(shí)剎車而導(dǎo)致低速撞車的可能性（往往是追尾）。汽車的后視鏡上安裝了一個(gè)激光傳感器,，它始終測(cè)量著汽車與前車的相對(duì)速度，如果在駕駛員在必要時(shí)未進(jìn)行剎車操作,，系統(tǒng)就會(huì)自動(dòng)制動(dòng),。

????汽車是否有一天會(huì)擺脫撞車夢(mèng)魘的困擾？丹納克表示：“在未來(lái)的某一時(shí)刻,，這是能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。至于目前,，我們可以提醒司機(jī)道路上是否有障礙物,，并且盡量減小車禍造成的損傷?！边@款配備了尖端的安全和IT功能的奧迪A6轎車起價(jià)為50,，000美元左右,，搭載了一款3升渦輪增壓發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)。再加4,，400美元,，還可獲贈(zèng)高級(jí)禮包，其中包括谷歌地球和6個(gè)月的3G無(wú)線上網(wǎng)服務(wù),。

????用不了幾年，新奧迪A6上的這些高級(jí)功能也會(huì)出現(xiàn)在平民車型上,。也許有一天,，我們只需在導(dǎo)航上設(shè)好目的地，谷歌的無(wú)人駕駛系統(tǒng)就會(huì)自動(dòng)把我們帶到那兒,。不知離這一天還有多遠(yuǎn),？

????譯者：樸成奎

????Think that texting while driving is a distraction? An enhanced navigation system in the new Audi A6, drawing on technology from Google (GOOG), offers search and display functions that could take driver distraction to a whole new level. But Audi is also including safety features that make the car less likely to crash.

????The standard map format on Audi's navigation has been replaced by Google Earth's satellite-photo images. And since the car serves as its own WiFi hotspot (available through a $30-a-month contract with T-Mobile), Google can search for restaurants or other landmarks, then provide guidance via the car's navigation.

????Want to know if the motel has a pool for the kids? Just search the name of the motel. You can also find out how it looks and what features if offers, and if you like what you see then tell the navigation system to guide you there. An automated message does warn the driver of the dangers of integrating Google technology into a navigation system – and the increased chance of drawing a attention away from the task of driving.

????But Audi has also developed enhanced high-tech safety features that make the A6 more difficult to crash, as well as safer in the event of an accident. Radar and cameras can detect from the front, side and rear of the A6 whether the car is in danger of a collision, and flash a warning on the dash. "A tap on the shoulder," an Audi spokesman calls it.

????Milliseconds before a collision the seat belts tense and windows close, as does the sunroof. If a collision is imminent from the rear, the car's software calculates whether to deploy the brakes in order to mitigate a second collision, if sensors show another car is ahead. The airbags still don't deploy unless there's an actual crash.

????"These two trends – advanced driver information and active safety – are developing in tandem," said Mark Dahncke, an Audi spokesman. "When you carry your iPhone in the car you have this functionality already. We integrate the features into the car to make them as safe and useful as possible."

????"Officer, the computer did it!"

????Advanced information technology is creating more and more automotive applications, turning cars into rolling computers. Eventually drivers may need to assume less responsibility for actual operation of their vehicles. Last year Google demonstrated a driver-less car that navigated 1,000 miles of California roads, more or less free of incidents. And earlier this month, legislators in Nevada passed a bill authorizing the state's Transportation Department to draw up rules and standards for driver-less cars on state roads.

????Volvo has introduced a system called "City Safety" that reduces the chance of low-speed crashes in which the driver fails to brake in time, usually causing a rear-end collision. A laser sensor mounted on the rear-view mirror constantly measures that relative speed with the vehicle ahead, ordering the brakes to apply pressure in the event that driver fails to do so.

????Might cars one day be uncrashable? "It will happen at some point," said Dahncke. "For now, we can warn the driver of any obstacle in the way and minimize the effects of a crash to some degree." Audi's cutting-edge safety and IT features come in a vehicle that starts at about $50,000 for the 3-liter turbo engine, with $4,400 extra for a premium package that includes Google Earth and six months of 3G wireless service.

????The features offered on Audi's A6 will become available on middle-of-the-road models in a few years. Who knows how long before we will be able to set the destination on our car and let Google do the rest?