be prepared. expect delays. expect cancellations. reporter: the numbers are already huge at, and the world busiest airport got bezier in atlanta. on friday morning tsa screened 31,000 people there. when it s all said and done, it will screen 17.7 million people in total at airports here and across the country that includes next week when everybody begins coming home, the next big test for airlines. victor, amara? pete moneyuntean for us. the very latest delays into and out of the u.s., 581, that number for cancellations so far. we ll continue to keep you updated on the numbers. now let s focus on driving. traffic might be heavy. prices for gas might be a bright
Apr 5, 2021 11:31 AM Tallahassee, FL - The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) are conducting the Put It Down, Focus On Driving during the month of April, which is designated as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Preliminary numbers show that there were more than 48,000 distracted driving crashes in the state of Florida. When averaged out, that comes to more than 900 distracted driving accidents each week. Three out of four of those accidents were due to the driver being inattentive behind the wheel. The crashes resulted in almost 300 fatalities and more than 2,700 bodily injuries. Triple-A spokesperson Mark Jenkins says the top three risky driver distractions: mobile phone use, in-vehicle technology, and passengers in the vehicle. He said it takes just seconds for distractions to lead to an accident. All it takes is one second of looking down at your cell phone. Sending that text mes
drive and text at the same time. it s not just teens doing it, so are a lot of adults. you take your eyes off only for a few moments to respond to a text. but all it takes is seconds. the this video is part of a national campaign aimed at young people called it can wait. but it turns out it s not just teenagers who are texting while driving. don t do as i do, do as i say, right? their parents are actually must worse. people tend to justify their texting saying there s a lot of traffic, or i m at a light. but the tinge that we tend to forget about, we have to react to what other drivers do, and we don t know how distracted they are. they could be speeding, drunk. you need to put your phone down and focus on driving. reporter: a new survey found 49% of adult commuters admitted to texting and driving. compare that to 43% of teens.