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Uber has reached a settlement with the family of the woman who was killed by its autonomous car in Arizona last week, heading off another high-profile legal drama for the company.
优步(Uber)与上周在亚利桑那州被其自动驾驶汽车撞死的女子的家人达成和解，使该公司避免了又一起引人注目的法律纠纷。
Several agencies are still investigating the collision that caused the death of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, a Phoenix suburb, on March 18. She is believed to be the first pedestrian to be killed by a self-driving car. Regulators and autonomous driving companies are watching developments closely in a case that threatens to shake up the nascent self-driving car industry.
3月18日，在凤凰城(Phoenix)郊区坦佩(Tempe)，49岁的伊莱恩?赫茨伯格(Elaine Herzberg)被撞身亡。目前，几家机构仍在调查这起事故。据信，她是第一个被自动驾驶汽车撞死的行人。监管机构和自动驾驶公司正在密切关注事态的发展，因为这一事件可能撼动新兴的自动驾驶汽车行业。
Ms Herzberg was pushing her bike across a quiet road at around 10pm when she was struck by Uber’s Volvo, which was travelling at about 40mph.
当晚10点左右，赫茨伯格推着一辆自行车在一条安静的街上过马路时，被优步公司的沃尔沃(Volvo)汽车撞倒，当时车辆的时速约为40英里（合64公里）。
A video released by Tempe police last week revealed that the vehicle did not slow or swerve to avoid the pedestrian, drawing criticism from experts who believe that Uber’s sensors and autonomous systems might have been able to avoid the collision. The car’s driver was not looking at the road until the moment of impact, the video also appeared to show.
坦佩警方上周发布的一段视频显示，这辆车没有减速或转向来避开行人，这招致专家们的批评。他们认为，优步的传感器和自动系统应该能够避免这一撞人事故。这段视频似乎还显示，在撞人之前，这辆车的司机也没在观察路面。
Ms Herzberg’s daughter and husband agreed the settlement with Uber for an undisclosed sum. Their lawyer, Cristina Perez Hesano, said that the family had “no further comments on this matter as it has been resolved”.
赫茨伯格的女儿和丈夫与优步达成了和解协议，协议金额没有披露。他们的律师克里斯蒂娜?佩雷兹?赫赛诺(Cristina Perez Hesano)说，她家人“对这一事件不作进一步评论，这件事已经解决”。
Uber declined to comment. News of the settlement was first reported by Reuters.
优步拒绝置评。达成和解的新闻是由路透社(Reuters)最先报道的。
Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina school of law, who writes regularly on autonomous driving matters, said he was surprised by how quickly the case was settled.
经常就自动驾驶问题发表文章的南卡罗来纳大学(University of South Carolina)法学院助理教授布莱恩特?沃克?史密斯(Bryant Walker Smith)说，他对此案达成和解的速度感到惊讶。
“I respect the family's privacy, but I also wish that the terms here were public. I associate transparency with trustworthiness, and I would encourage Uber to be more public about its process in general,” he said.
“我尊重这个家庭的隐私，但我也希望和解条款能够公开。我会将透明度与可信度联系在一起，一般而言，我会鼓励优步对其流程更加公开，”他说。
“Uber is not the only potential defendant. It’s not yet clear what went wrong within Uber’s automated driving system, which likely incorporates hardware and software from various suppliers. And the design of that roadway could be viewed as a contributing factor in the crash.”
“优步并不是唯一的潜在被告。目前还不清楚优步的自动驾驶系统出了什么问题。该系统可能集成了不同供应商的硬件和软件。而那条道路的设计也可能被视为事故发生的因素之一。”
