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An Auckland woman’s car has been written off after she swerved to avoid what she believed was a hay bale on Auckland’s Northwestern motorway. Katie Stolpmann. ....
Fortunately, this stays low to the ground. this swerves. it s up on two wheels, like fast and furious. wow. we go around the cop. all right. we re up broadway before you know it. we re passing the beacon. it s just beautiful. still no 911 calls or collisions, though. amazing. no, no, i know. we wanted to take it, but it was low profile. tension city. chaotic but not catastrophic. nearly catastrophic. is that the quote, nearly catastrophic. that s my daily life, nearly catastrophic. mika, did you hear about the good news in mississippi about kids being able to read better. i did. it is wonderful, truly wonderful. you care. we re now going to go to a break. coming up on morning joe, president biden in japan for the g7 summit, while the default deadline looms here at home. we ll have where things stand on the ongoing debt ceiling negotiation. plus, what s next for ....
High-tech road test measuring just how distracted we get when using those dashboard touch screens in cars. they re in almost all models these days, but are drivers able to use them and stay focused on the road? dasha burns put them to the test. reporter: inside this massive 24-foot dome at the university of iowa, researchers are driving for answers. with giant touch screens now in 99% of new cars, are we losing focus and veering off the road? this right here is a simulator that mimics the forces of driving and allows researchers here to safely study everything from impaired driving to distracted driving. inside sits a car and the dome sits on tracks inside a building the size of a basketball arena. as the subject drives inside, the machine accelerates, brakes, and swerves. mimicking real driving safely. you can go and hop in and then i ll show you the controls real quick. reporter: today i m the test driver. are you ready to ....