David Nield張紫軒

In the future where autonomous2 cars move on the busy roads，traffic lights might have a fourth color. It is used for the self-drivingcars. Researchers at North Carolina State University are proposing3 awhite traffic light. It would tell the drivers of autonomous cars whatto do. The thinking is that the traffic will go better and cars will useless oil.

The cars that are driving themselves wont need to“l(fā)ook”at thewhite traffic light， because theyll be“talking”with it wirelessly4.The white traffic light tells drivers and passengers5 that they shouldfollow the self-driving cars in front when going across the crossings.

Red lights still means stop. Green lights still means go. Yellow lightsstill means slow down. And white lights will tell the drivers to follow the carin front of them. Stop if it stops， go on if it goes on.

未來(lái)，當(dāng)自動(dòng)駕駛汽車(chē)在繁忙的道路上行駛時(shí)，紅綠燈可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)第四種顏色。它專為自動(dòng)駕駛汽車(chē)而設(shè)。北卡羅來(lái)納州立大學(xué)的研究人員提出設(shè)置白色紅綠燈的建議，白燈可以告訴自動(dòng)駕駛汽車(chē)的司機(jī)該怎么做。

他們的考慮是交通會(huì)更順暢，汽車(chē)會(huì)用更少的汽油。

自動(dòng)駕駛的汽車(chē)不需要“看”白色紅綠燈，因?yàn)樗鼈儠?huì)通過(guò)無(wú)線方式與之“交談”。白色紅綠燈告訴司機(jī)和行人，他們過(guò)十字路口時(shí)，應(yīng)該跟隨前面自動(dòng)駕駛的汽車(chē)。

紅燈仍然意味著停止，綠燈仍然意味著出發(fā)，黃燈仍然意味著減速。白燈則告訴司機(jī)，跟著他們前面的那輛車(chē)，它停你就停，它繼續(xù)開(kāi)你就繼續(xù)開(kāi)。

Notes

1. future.未來(lái)；將來(lái)

2. autonomous.自動(dòng)的

3. propose . 提議；建議；提出

4. wirelessly.無(wú)線地

5. passenger.旅客；乘客；過(guò)路人