平均每年10,580人因酒駕身亡
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on December 12, 2023 that it would be opening a 60-day period of public comment on the development of a safety standard that would require new cars to include drunk-driving prevention technology.
美國國家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）於2023年12月12日宣布，將就一項要求新車配備預防酒駕技術的安全標準展開為期60天的公眾評議。
comment(n.)評論、評議up to standard達到標準require sb. to do sth.要求、規定某人做某事include(v.)包含;將…包括在內=incorporate
Many have seen this as the first real, tangible step by the NHTSA toward developing the regulations it was tasked to create under 2021’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
許多人認為，這是NHTSA朝著制定2021年《基礎設施投資和就業法案》規定的法規邁出實質的第一步。
see...as...視～為～=regard...as...=view...as...=think of...as...=consider...to be...tangible(adj.)具體的task(v.)賦予任務(n.)任務a daunting task一項艱鉅的任務
According to part of this law, the NHTSA will need to come up with “a new federal safety standard requiring drunk driving detection features” in upcoming models of passenger vehicles.
根據該法的部分條文，NHTSA需要制定「新的聯邦安全標準」，對未來推出的客車車款「要求配備酒駕偵測功能」。
come up with想到、提出upcoming(adj.)即將到來的
The deadline for this to be done is November 15, 2024. However, if the agency cannot create a viable regulation, it will have to issue a report stating why it was unable to do so.
完成此項工作的截止日期為2024年11月15日。然而，如果NHTSA無法制定出可行的法規，則必須發布一份報告，說明為何無法完成。
deadline(n.)截止期限meet the deadline趕在截止期限前完成extend(v.)延長viable(adj.)可行的=feasible=doable
According to Wired and USA Today, the NHTSA is focusing on “passive” devices that have been developed to detect drunk drivers, such as sensors to measure alcohol levels in drivers’ breath or skin as well as systems that can monitor driving for irregular or dangerous movements.
《連線》和《今日美國》報導，NHTSA將重點放在為檢測酒醉駕駛而開發的「被動」裝置上，如測量駕駛呼吸或皮膚中酒精含量的感測器，以及可監控駕駛是否存在異常或危險動作的系統。
detect(v.)偵測metal detector金屬探測器detective(n.)偵探;警探monitor(v.)監控regular(adj.)規律的irregular(adj.)異常的
While some of these technologies have been in development for years, the real question facing the NHTSA is whether such devices are trustworthy enough to detect only drivers that are drunk and not prevent sober drivers from operating their cars due to “false positives” or other malfunctions.
雖然其中一些技術已經研發多年，但NHTSA面臨的真正問題是，這些裝置是否夠可靠，能夠只檢測到酒醉駕駛，而不會因「偽陽性」或其他故障而阻止清醒司機駕駛。
in development研發中in the pipeline在籌劃中;在進行中trustworthy(adj.)可信賴的、值得信賴的false positive偽陽性malfunction(n.)故障
Wired notes that such problems could potentially turn the public “against the technology altogether.”
《連線》指出，這些問題可能會讓大眾「完全反對這項技術」。
turn sb. against sth.使某人反對某事物altogether(adv.)完全地
Despite these challenges, the US government is hoping that a standard can be developed to help bring down the high annual number of alcohol-related driving deaths, which averaged 10,580 per year from 2012 to 2021.
儘管面臨這些挑戰，美國政府仍希望制定出一項標準，以幫助降低每年都居高不下的酒駕相關死亡人數；從2012年到2021年，美國平均每年因酒駕而死亡的人數為10,580人。
despite(prep.)儘管=in spite ofaverage(v.)平均數為;平均達到on average平均而言