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Right now and will be indefinitely until engineers figure out what to do. fender benders, sideswipes and other crashes could become a thing of the past. with new technology aa designed to avoid car wrecks on the road. >> reporter: they cause thousands in damage. serious injuries and even death. the insurance institute for highway safety says high tech systems in new cars aimed at preventing or mitigating front end crashes are, in fact, keeping dreeveivers safer. >> keep your foot off the brake. did it stop you? >> yes, it did. >> reporter: it's called collision avoidance technology, they rev...

Cnn's rene marsh is in washington with the story. good morning. >> good morning, carol. you know for that distracted driver t could help them avoid rear ending someone, and let's say you're cut off on the highway, manufacturers say it could help the driver avoid collision in that situation, too. now one group put the in-car technology to the test and here are the results. they cause thousands in damage. serious injuries and even death. the insurance institute for highway safety says high tech systems in new karlz aimed at preventing or mitigating front-end crashes are keeping drivers safer. >>...

Michigan, wisconsin. and indiana. refinery problems pinched supplies there. >> ford motor company has made a major decision about the dashboard designs after widespread complaints. ford's touch screens which control the radio, climate control and functions have been trouble prone according to reliability surveys. the automaker is bringing back old-fashioned knobs, buttons, dials. a top ford executive tells "the "wall street journal" that the high tech systems have been a selling point, but critics are pointing out that they're needlessly complex. >> boy, oh, boy, are they. facebook question of...

Space shuttle, the x-37b is unmanned. it is much smaller and controlled by ground stations. it can stay in space for 270 days. the air force won't say how long it is staying up this time or what it will be doing other than testing out its high tech systems. the air force won't even say how many billions of dollars it is spending on the program. >> we don't know why it is so cla classified. you can't find out how much it is in the budget. >> the air force has been interested for years in developing some kind of space vehicle that it can send up into orbit and bring back down again to use. they ...