Future. Now becky quick. We begin with distracted driving. The number of deaths from Car Accidents in the United States has hit its highest level since 2007, and the reasons range from higher speed limits to drunk driving. But there may be one other big factor. Phil lebow has more. Driving in america has become deadlier. The National Safety council estimates more than 40,000 people died in car a accidents last year, the most since 2007. It caps the steepest twoyear rise in auto fatalities since 1964. Some is because drivers are going faster as states raise speed limits, while distracted driving remains a huge problem. Ironically, highway deaths are rising even as new technologies like lane Departure Warning systems are becoming more common. But the National Safety council says some of the new systems are being ignored by drivers. There are happen tick warning, oral warning, visual warning. Some of these warning are confusing to drivers and some of them are the functionality is really n
2007 and the reasons range from higher speed limits to drunk driving. But there may be one other big factor. Phil lebeau has more. Reporter driving in america has become deadlier. The National Safety council estimates more than 40,000 people died in Car Accidents last year, the most since 2007. It caps the steepest twoyear rise in auto fatalities since 1964. Some of it is because drivers are going faster, as states raise speed limits, while distracted driving remains a huge problem. Ironically, highway deaths are rising even as new technologies like lane Departure Warning systems, are becoming more common. But the National Safety council says some of these new systems are being ignored by drivers. There are oral warnings, visual warnings. Some of these warnings are confusing to drivers and some of them are, the functionality is really not there, so drivers are turning them off. Reporter doug simpson, founder and ceo, thinks he has a way to keep drivers from picking up their phone. Sinc
Driving. But there may be one other big factor. Phil lebeau has more. Reporter driving in america has become deadlier. The National Safety council estimates more than 40,000 people died in Car Accidents last year, the most since 2007. It caps the steepest twoyear rise in auto fatalities since 1964. Some of it is because drivers are going faster, as states raise speed limits, while distracted driving remains a huge problem. Ironically, highway deaths are rising even as new technologies like lane Departure Warning systems, are becoming more common. But the National Safety council says some of these new systems are being ignored by drivers. There are oral warnings, visual warnings. Some of these warnings are confusing to drivers and some of them are, the functionality is really not there, so drivers are turning them off. Reporter doug way to keep drivers from picking up their phone. Since late last year, the company has sold a device that projects text messages, e mama on to a small scree
Candidates from both parties are crisscrossing the stage trying to drum up support from ahead of the nations first caucus. Welcome to morning on two, i am claudine wong. Rob is on a special assignment this morning, good morning. Reporter good morning claw deen dlaud deen and rosemary. Well talk about the shifts and the strategies coming up and the new endorsement of who theyll pick and the register polling, the final one before the caucuses. That poll is out and i will give you a little hint. The number is shifted slightly. Now, well send it back to you for the bay area forecast here in demoines. It was a balmy 74 degrees. Yeah, it is improving. And toasty. Reporter it was colder out here yesterday morning but we have an advantage to have the heater next to us but this morning i dont have that and i am all bundle up. I do see green on your screen. Every time i seethat, whats going on. First, lets take a look at Storm Tracker 2. Look at where we are seeing somerain this morning. But you
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