The car had apparently hit a traffic sign before skidding out of control.

汽车显然在失控滑出前猛地撞到了一个交通指示牌。

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How to live with less control. When you have a car, you feel that things are under your control (forgetting about traffic, accidents and the like).

被控制的生活当你有私家车时，你会觉得事情尽在自己掌握(忽略交通堵塞、交通事故等问题)。

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The eyewitness report says for no apparent reason, she lost control of her car, crossed the center median, clipped a bridge, then flipped across two more lanes of traffic.

梅利·戴说：“目击者说，不知道什么原因，她突然失去控制，车子跨过中线，撞上桥的边缘，然后又翻越两条车线。

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Using sensors on the car and connections with traffic control infrastructure, accident prevention capabilities are evolving quickly.

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Cars that can do smaller functions, such as control a car in traffic jams, keep you inside lane markings or auto-park, are already on the road or about to come to market courtesy of Toyota, Mercedes, BMW and others.

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