加州出臺政策限制無人駕駛汽車

California is not quite ready to let self-driving cars hit the road on their own.

加州還沒完全準備好讓自動駕駛汽車上路！

The state's Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday issued a draft of potential regulations for putting regular people behind the wheel of autonomous vehicles. The draft is a big step toward legal recognition of self-driving technology, but it comes with significant requirements.

加州機動車管理局星期三公佈了一部草擬的法規，規定自動汽車駕駛盤後得坐着一個真正的人。這個草案是向法律承認自動駕駛技術邁進的一大步，可是門檻很高。

The manufacturers of self-driving cars would have to subject their vehicles to a third-party safety test. And they would apply for three-year permits that would allow them to lease but not sell self-driving cars to the public.

自動駕駛汽車的製造商必須將汽車交由第三方做安全測試。他們必須申請爲期三年的許可證，許可出租車輛而不能賣給公衆。

Manufacturers would also have to regularly report accidents, come up with security measures to prevent hackers from taking over cars, and tell passengers what kind of data, beyond whatever information is needed to safely run the car, the companies are collecting about them.

此外，製造商也需要定期報告車禍，設計出安全措施以避免駭客掌控車輛，同時還需要告知乘客，除了安全駕車所需數據之外，汽車公司還收集了乘客的哪些資料。

Self-driving cars are already a common sight around California, particularly in Mountain View, where Google is based and often tests the vehicles. But outside of press events and other private showings, regular people have yet to operate them.

自動駕駛汽車在加州已經是個很常見的景象，尤其是在山景市，因爲那裏是谷歌總部所在地，自動汽車經常在此測試。可是除了新聞發佈和私人展示以外，一般人很少開這類車。

Google's self-driving-car project is focused on producing a fully autonomous car, and its prototype does not have pedals or a steering wheel, though Google does add a steering wheel and other controls when it tests the vehicles on public roads.

谷歌的自動駕駛汽車設計重點在於計劃生產一種全自動車，設計原型甚至沒有腳踏板或駕駛盤。但是在公路上測試的時候，谷歌還是加上了駕駛盤和其他的控制機件。

While the draft released Wednesday does not directly address vehicles like the Google prototype, the D.M.V. said it believed that "manufacturers need to obtain more experience in testing driverless vehicles on public roads prior to making this technology available to the general public."

星期三公佈的草案並不是針對谷歌的自動車原型，但是機動車管理局表示，他們堅信"在提供這項產品給公衆之前，製造商得先在公路上測試無人車以獲取更多經驗。"