Elene Bratton News Today

Even as vehicles get smarter and boast better safety features, there are growing concerns that roads are becoming more dangerous due to technology overloading drivers.

Cognitive psychologist David Strayer has watched as civilian cars and trucks have filled up to an even greater extent with the same sorts of digital interfaces that trained U.S. Army pilots with honed reflexes found so overwhelming.

Digital distraction is helping drive a surge in highway deaths. Yet automakers continue to load cars with new interactive technology, and consumers say they can't stop texting and video-calling behind the wheel.