評論
打印
You don't need to be in a car crash or to see the horrifying safety statistics to know that you should never text while driving.
你不需要經歷車禍或親眼目睹令人膽戰心驚的安全統計數字就明白駕駛時候一定不要發信息。
A driver simply cannot look at both a smartphone screen and the road at the same time.
因為司機不可能看著手機屏幕的同時還關注路況。
Taking your eyes off the road for even five seconds at 55 miles per hour is like driving the length of a football field blindfolded.
時速55英里的速度駕駛，你的眼睛即使離開路面5秒鐘就好像閉眼駕車通過了一個足球場大小的距離。
But could a head-mounted, voice-controlled display like Google Glass solve the distracted-driving problem?
但像谷歌眼鏡那樣的頭戴顯示器、語音控制設備就能夠解決開車分神的問題嗎？
In a word, “No,” according to a recent University of Central Florida study.
佛羅里達中央大學最近一項研究得出的結論是根本不能。
Researchers found that drivers in a simulator reacted slowly to sudden traffic emergencies regardless of whether they were thumbing texts into their smartphones or dictating them to Google Glass.
研究人員發現當戴著模擬裝置時，不管司機們是用智能手機還是戴著谷歌眼鏡，對突如其來的應急交通狀況反應要明顯慢。
Glass-wearing drivers did recover more quickly from near accidents than hand-texters.
但戴著眼鏡確實比攥著手機更能快速對附近的意外事件作出反應。
Could be because they weren't fishing around on the floor for their dropped smartphone.
原因可能是他們并沒有四處摸索掉在地上的手機。
The real problem is driver multitasking.
真正的關鍵是司機要處理多項任務。
Texting is especially problematic because it involves simultaneous manual, visual and cognitive distraction.
特別是發信息的問題，因為會讓手、眼及認知上出現分神。
Glass doesn't completely eliminate the problem because simply looking at the road doesn't necessarily mean you're paying attention to it.
這種頭戴眼鏡不能完全解決分神問題是因為它只讓人盯著路面而并沒有百分百關注。
