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
The breaking overnight, a new jersey state trooper involved died from his injuries. Suddes everywhere. A study just released this morning shows the connection between the nourm of hours of sleep you get and how safe you are behind the wheel. Good morning. Im katy zachry. And im vai sikahema. We have a dry start this morning. Lets start with bill henley and the first alert weather forecast. Good morning. Dry and chilly this morning. Temperatures are colder as we had mostly clear skies. 31 degrees in the su puburbsubu. It is down to 37 at delaware. Sunshine will breakthrough the clouds to begin with but the clouds take over later this morning. Then this afternoon its rain. 20s in the Lehigh Valley. The entire area even though its cold this morning will warm into the 40s. 47 in new jersey. At the shore up to 50 degrees and near 50 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. It is 45 in the suburbs and 44 in the Lehigh Valley. We are just getting a few scattered clouds. Right now the rain is
The incident raising concerns about safety at zoos all across the country. And speaking out. The motorcyclists who survived this road rage incident telling their story to nbc news. He said i cant say that on tv either. Before we knew it, he was on top of it. Today, wednesday, june 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. We start with major news. It comes from the world of health. Yes. Pretty disturbing. A pregnant woman with the zika virus has given birth to a baby in new jersey. The birth believed to be the first of its kind in the continental United States. Natalie is here with the details on this. A lot of people paying attention. A lot of people very concerned, with good reason, guys. The baby not only has the virus, but a condition known as microcephaly, which stunts the infants growth and often causes severe brain damage. It
Its not on the freeway, its about five miles, maybe more off the freeway in the East Foothills. A big fire. Visible from 680, 101. Weve heard reports as far back as santa clara to see those fire. This is off the roadway but it will be a distraction. Prepare for distracted drivers. Weve got more details in the video of whats going on, guys, coming up fshlthsz. The breaking news out of the south bay. This is video from overnight. Youre looking at a fire in the san jose East Foothills which has now reached about ten acres in size. Firefighters are on scene. The exact location is near sierra and piedmont roads. That is where the brush fire broke out. As mike and kari both mentioned, the visibility is high for lots of folks in that area. And again, sierra and piedmont is the location. It started to half an acre and is now ten acres. Well keep an eye on this all morning. Kris sanchez will have a live report coming up this hour, another person is in jail this morning in connection with the sh