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Test 3 (2013·湖北省襄阳五校高三下学期期中联考) Not long ago，self-driving cars seemed like science fiction.But Google is now operating so-called autonomous cars in California and Nevada. But one question is getting little attention：should self-driving cars be legal？And if they are，how will the laws of driving have to adapt？At present all our rules about driving are based on having a human behind the wheel. Car crashes are a leading cause of death for Americans ages 4 to 34.Supporters believe that self-driving cars can make driving safer by eliminating distracted (注意力分散的) driving and other human mistakes.Google’s self-driving cars have cameras on the top to look around them and computers to do the driving.In the first 300,000 miles，Google reported that its cars had not had a single accident. As self-driving cars become more common，there will be many new legal questions.If a self-driving car gets into an accident，the human who is “co-piloting (副驾驶)” may not be fully at fault—he may even be an injured party.Who should be responsible for the traffic accident？The human in the self-driving car or the car’s manufacturer？New laws will have to be written to sort all this out. How involved are we going to expect the human co-pilot to be？Must the “drivers” remain vigilant，their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road？If not，what are they allowed to do inside or outside the car？Can the human in the car drink？Text-message？Read a book? At the signing ceremony for California’s self- driving-car law，Governor Jerry Brown was asked who is responsible when a self-driving car runs a red light.He answered：“I don’t know—whoever owns the car，I would think.” But we will work that out.That will be the easiest thing to work out. Google’s Brin joked，“Self-driving cars don’t run red lights.” Neither answer is sufficient.Should self-driving cars be legal，they were likely to start showing up faster and in greater numbers than people expect.But if that is the case，we need to start thinking about