the operative term of the order is text or text messaging. that is defined as of readings from or entering into data for the purpose of taxitexting, emailing, or pimm engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or information. the president's order sends a very clear signal that distracted driving is dangerous and unacceptable and the federal government tends to lead by example. in addition to the president's order, the dot has taken a number of regulatory actions to reduce or to eliminate the use of electronic devices well trading vehicles or operating transportation equipment. the secretary's earlier mentioned the three significant activities, and i will spend a little bit more time discussing those. first of all, the federal motor carrier safety administration today released a final rule banning texting by drivers operate trucks and motor coaches. this rule reflects the latest research on destruction and replaces a guidance document that took effect earlier this year. specifically the role amends the safety act to permit textin

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classroom. >> from class to class, people text all the time. >> i don't think they should text in class. they should have the rules that phones should be off during class, absolutely. >> according to the survey, 66% of teens say their parents text them during the day. >> i'll send a text and i figure they'll replay back when they can, preferably when they're not being taught something. >> the teachers don't like it so the kids try to hide it. >>> downgraded from a tropical storm it's a tropical depression. thousands of homes lost power as the strong winds knocked down trees. but there have been no reports of any major damage in texas. parts of south texas should expect up to five inches of rain from the storm. >>> and there's always plenty of rain to go around when those things move ashore. let's talk about our weather. >>> a big shocker today. after all the heat over the holiday weend, i was in san francisco in the shorts, flip-flops like many of us and then back to our crazy weather pattern here on tuesday. if it took you back to get from the holiday to work this stirred things up eve

national texting championship. it is to accurately text a phrase in under 60 seconds. she beat out half a million competitors for the title which comes with a $50,000 prize. she now moves on to the l.g. text for good context where she can double her winnings and score 50 grand for charity. >>> well, seems like there is a guinness world record for just about everything. coming up, we're going to meet a pup whose slobbering is going into the record books. if they have their way, we're facing a mountain of debt and a massive tax increase. employers will continue to leave our state, taking their jobs with them. the next four years will impact the next decade, so we've put together a road map to 2020. a plan that brings jobs back to maryland by reducing spending and lowering taxes. let's make the maryland we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. . >>> this is kevin heights with press box sports report. ravens wide receiver derek mason said today he would not be talking to the media for the rest of the season but he will till talk on his weekly radio sho

no phones, no texting. drive. >> here's the irony, florida, where heather was killed still has no law prohibiting cell phone use or texting while driving. virginia by the way, bans texting while driving, but it's a secondary offense there. police have to pull you over for something else first. i rode with fairfax unty police recently. and one of the officers express frustration. they would see somebody texting while driving but they couldn't pull them over because it's a secondary offense there. they had to get them on something else first. >> they're helpless otherwise. >> yes. >> and the kindle behind the wheel of a bus, isn't that atrocious? >> come on. >>> authorities are reopening streets that were closed while investigating a suspicious package. a pharmaceutical company received an unexpected package that was leaking an unknown liquid. hazmat teams determined the substance was not dangerous. >>> the rematch between martin o'malley and former governor ehrlich appears to be neck and neck with six weeks

all i was texting was numbers. i did think i was better before but i guess not. >> woodruff: so it was one year ago u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood convened a summit to push for new laws and better enforcement of existing laws. 30 states and the district columbia now ban texting while driving. eight states bar any use of a hand-held phone while behind the wheel. and there is a nationwide ban on texting by truckers and commercial drivers. are secretary lahood convened a second summit today. we caught up with him this afternoon. secretary ray lahood, thank you for talking with us. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: so we read that last year the number of people who died in accidents related to distracted driving actually dropped. if that's the case, how bad is this problem still? >> it's an epidemic, judy. everybody in america owns a cell phone. or a texting device. people think they can use them anywhere, any time. you see people using them anywhere any time. most cases very rudely. but the point is that you

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this is one of her texts "protect me from what i want." she would use existing signs early in her career. this was at the old candlestick park to get people where they would be congregating and gathering with her own writings. while she used the l.e.d. medium as something that she could use readily, that she could smuggle her ideas into, she later developed ways of using l.e.d.'s really as an architectural and sculptural moment. this is at the guggenheim where she had a retrospective in 1989. she was able to develop this even further when the guggenheim commissioned her to do a project there. this was in 1997. and like this project, jenny was able to collaborate very early on with frank when this piece was put together. also very important for this project was jenny to incorporate a number of languages. english, spanish, the bosk language, so that people who would read this would feel some kind of connection. this is a project that jenny did in berlin. this is at the entrance to the members of parliament. it was to address those walking in

on any busy road, you can easily watch drivers texting behind the wheel. like this man who is at a light and doesn't even look up when he starts moving forward. and now new worries that young people are not getting the message that it's dangerous. >> do you do it while you are driving? moving? >> yeah. i'm good at using the knee. >> you're an honest man. >> i know it's bad and it's terrible. at some point i need to turn it off, i know. out of four george mason college students randomly chosen, two said they would not text. >> it just takes a few seconds for an accident. >> if i hear my phone goes off, i will wait until i'm stopped. >> one person even admitted they got into an accident. >> i was in a rush and telling someone i was going to be late and it added on to everything. >> reporter: they felt that driving while intoxicated is worst than texting and driving but studies show it's just as dangerous. whener driving and you see you have a tempt, you might have the urge to pick it up. so you should turn it off. and there is now an app that sends the sende

if i text you when i get off the road? > at the summit, all kinds of companies are offering solutions. iq tellmatics is perhaps the most intense. >> i put my hands back on -- so people who are trying to get busy and take notes and write stuff down like that, they will not be able to use the system unless they keep both hands on the wheel. >> dc police set up a check point outside the summit today, looking for drivers who were texting or talking on their cell phones without a hands free device. >> i barely do it, i was trying to figure out what our time schedule was for our daughter's back to school night. >> i feel bad, because i'm late for work. >> they have to do what they have to do. >> the drivers face a $100 fine. most people agree enforcement is the key to cutting back on distracted driving, but the challenge for local police is finding the time and manpower to do so each and every day. and we want to remind you about a very important campaign right here at wusa9. it's called the great hangup. an effort to get everyb

the operative term of the order is text or text messaging. that is defined as of readings from or entering into data for the purpose of taxitexting, emailing, or pimm engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or information. the president's order sends a very clear signal that distracted driving is dangerous and unacceptable and the feder government tends to lead by example. in addition to the president's order, the dot has taken a number of regulatory actions to reduce or to eliminate the use of electronic devices well trading vehicles or operating transportation equipment. the secretary's earlier mentioned the three significant activities, and i will spend a little bit more time discussing those. first of all, the federal motor carrier safety administration today released a final rule banning texting by drivers operate trucks and motor coaches. this rule reflects the latest research on destruction and reples a guidance document that took effect earlier this year. specifically the role amends the safety acto permit texting pas

watch the texting as well. off of southbound 880 and folks off the nimitz freey and towards city streets. might encounter standing water, but chp sent crews to check it out. the water might be due to the construction zone. they didn't find pipe that needed repair. if there problems it will be a big issue heading over the water at the bridge as well. livermore continues to show that westbound. 17-minute drive registering speeds towards 50. below you see the yellow. on average, you are about 50 miles per hour over towards the dublin interchange and walnut creek looking nice. no problems there and we have eastbound 80 opposite the main commute. the car went into a pole. no major injuries, but wires are down. we have wires hanging over the roadway as well. westbound towards the bay bridge we have a nice easy drive. so far a slower build to the volume of traffic and most tuesdays. we will watch the metering lights around 6:25 and that bumps up over 15 minutes. i will watch it carefully and a nice easy drive towards

up to pay for things by texting. basically, it allows you to link your credit card account to your cell phone so can you send money to your friends through text. >> kind of a whole new way to look at paying people back and dealing with currency. >> reporter: michael is a user who says he is writing fewer checks and visiting the atm less but spending more time on the cell. >> i use it -- it is easiest when i'm splitting bills with someone. >> reporter: the service is free to people like michael but businesses are chargeed a small transaction fee similar to the fees credit card companies charge to businesses. >> every time you make a payment being you get a text message and you also get an e- mail. you are always very aware of what is happening with your money. >> our regular customer came in, grabed a cookie and yelled over his shoulder to bill him. it was hysterical. >> it saves us time in the check-out process. >> reporter: and at grumpy's cafe, you order the coffee and you send a text. the cashier on firms it. >> o

prosecuted as well as everyone who forwarded that text, the photo text. >> every single person? >> every single person who forwards the image of a minor can be arrested as well. >> for distributing child pornography. >> we don't have any laws to deal with this right now, do we? >> not specifically for the mobile devices, the cell phone devices. but there are child pornography laws that are in place. and since there is an increasing concern and nationwide they have been looking at this. so i'm sure in the future, we will have laws. >> somebody is going to call for laws on this. now, how young are you seeing it? is it the middle school, high school? >> i understand middle school so far, but the behavior is running rampant and i've seen and witnessed younger ages as well as, say, like fifth graders involved in behavior. not necessarily the sexting, but the type of behavior that leads to it. >> what would you say is important for us to know as adults trying to keep an eye on this? what do we need to know for safety on the internet and on the cell phones? >> okay. number one, know yo

texting while driving is distracting. >> it is a nice attempt. i don't know it will make that much of a difference to people would will text and drive. they think they can get away with it. >> orthopedic surgeon dr. robert wilson says he has operated on plenty of patients who have been hurt in crashes caused by somebody texting behind the wheel. >> most of the time, the injure you are mild, neck injuries, back injuries and much like any whiplash injury. >> reporter: but in january 2008, maryland native heather herd was killed by a distracted native in central florida. >> he was text messaging while driving an 08,000-pound tractor- trailer. >> reporter: heather's parents helped to get heather's law passed in maryland banning texting and driving. nine other states have followed suit. >> stay alive, just drive. it is a pretty simple message. but that is with we need to do. >> i would add try not to eat while you're driving and try not to turn back and play with your children while air driving. those are two other things we see often. >> reporter: no

metro is trying to stop texting and driving. fox5's bob barnard explains. >> reporter: have you seen the new ad campaign to get you to stop texting while driving? if this guy would look up he'd see it right there on the back of the metro bus in front of his car. >> i did wonder what it was. >> reporter: it's the image of a blood-splattered cracked wind shield, meant to warn you of the dangers of texting and driving. >> i think it's great big bold letters and everyone under the age of 40 i think knows what "omg" stands for. >> reporter: 50 metro busses will be displaying this ad omg, texting and driving is a dangerous. the brain child of the academy of orthopedic surgeons. >> i don't know if it will make much difference to people who are going to text and drive because they think they can get away from it. >> reporter: orthopedic surgeon dr. watham says he's worked on several patients of people who were injured because of texting and driving. >> most of it is whip lash injuries and back injuries. >> reporter: this girl was hurt b

who have been killed because of someone texting while driving. in fairfax, peggy fox, 9 news now. >> and we want to remind you about a very important campaign here at 9 news now. it's called the great hang-up, and trying to get those who hang up behind the wheel. if you have been distracted by a driver, go to the great hang up page at wusa9.com or call us, 202-895-5960. >>> let's get outside for the evening rush. patranya is in the traffic center. monday night on the way home, moving a little slow? >> that's true. a lot of people made it home watching the show but some still out there, starting on 495. live at river road, still a crawl from the toll road all the way up to the 270 spur. good news, the four-vehicle crash at 270 and montgomery avenue has cleared. now what hasn't cleared is a traffic on i-66, we're tracking a lot of brake lights from 490 out to 7100, still about a 20 minute drive. and finally over 267, the dulles toll road. a lot of congestion around tysons corner but breaking up nicely at hunter mill and smooth sailing out to the du

all you have to do is send a text message. lisa murphy explains. >> reporter: at this coffee shop, you don't need cash to get a cup of joe, and same here at this restaurant, no cash, no problem. >> they can come and eat without paying. >> reporter: they don't pay the old fashioned way but they do pay, by cell phone. >> they get a text message seconds later by saying, thanks for eating lunch here, this is what we charged you. >> reporter: thanks to these two guys, you don't need to even carry cash, plastic or a wallet, as long as you have a cell phone. >> this is a really nice way to use your phone as your wallet. >> reporter: it's former college roommates that say they had the pay by text idea one day after he left the house without his wallet. he borrowed money from his bud dy and paid him back. it's a system they set up to pay for things by texting. basically it allows you to link your credit card account to your cell phone so you can send money through your friends through text. >> it's kind of paying people back and dealin

should be texting while they're driving. flex technology have allowed us to be able to do some things, but society ought to say, and no, we cannot be distracted by something like that it is just too dangerous. >> senate republicans are locked in an effort to appeal the laws banning gays serving openly in the military. a gay-rights group saw the provision as their last chance to overturn the don't ask, don't tell law. democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed. they had 56. >> baltimore police want to make sure that hospitals and emergencies are prepared in the case of a shooting like what happened at johns hopkins hospital. last thursday, you will recall paul pardus shot and wounded his mother's doctor and then went on to shot -- shoot his mother and himself. many medical facilities do have emergency plans in place, but any better communication with police. >> bedbugs in bedrooms, stores, movie theaters even, but libraries? the latest victim is the irvana library in frederick county, maryland. >> it was the well-trained eye

violated federal law after it blocked text messages for a medical marijuana website. t-mobile claims their decision to block the service has nothing to do with marijuana but claims the marketing firm violated contract guidelines. joining me like from new york is fox news legal analyst and from houston, former prosecutor. nicole, if wired or common carriers as they are known, are required by law to carry all communications and they cannot ban content they do not support should the same legal standard apply to wireless carriers? to do otherwise would invite sensorship, wouldn't it? >> i agree, absolutely. the only way they can determine if they think the messages are offensive is to look into the private cfgs of the people texting the message so i don't think they have a right to prohibit certain text messages from being sent by their customers. >> we would never think of censoring telephone communications. that would be a first amendment violation. it is curious that the customer t-mobile chess not to carry, it happened to be a medical marijuana company, does that rais

she was texting in the driver's seat. a miss johnson from-belt -- from ash built -- amos johnson from asheville, n.c., lost his daughter when she was hit head- on by a distracted drivers. she was texting at the time of the crash. there is a couple here from maryland. in two thousand eight -- in 20 they left their florida, to go to -- they left their florida house to go to a wedding planners office. they dreamed of a fairy tale wedding at disney world. on the way, they stopped at a traffic light. eight tractor truck driver plowed into the back of their car. it set off a chain reaction that left other and another woman dead. the driver was texting behind the wheel. these people came from all parts of the country. they have bright futures. they are the kind of kids that every parent hopes for. they are the kind of parent that every child the doors, and in inherit too short lives how many people need to die on our watch, not because of evil or malice, but because of carelessness and very dangerous behavior? during this last y

texting behind the wheel could get you a $500 fine. joel . smith went to a new program that ncourages teenagers to do their best texting while driving before an audience.ú >> texting and driving, it could ú%%-if you are the average teen something you do every day. moss teens admit they have done it, buttwhy can't they just quit? according to clair, in this world of coostant information, touch is out of this world. >> you are used to knowing everything. and like those 15 minutes of driving and not knowing anyyhing is different..3 >> you know first of all you have to stop and think about -hat it is you are doing. so we're looking at ccanging behavior. >> oh, sharp turn. >> this driving ccurse at centennial high, the marylaad motor vehicle administration is trying to prove to teens thee are not as good as they say they are. texting while driving makes you 23 times more likely to crash. -> research said that it is equivalent to having four beers. and you know, today no one gets behind the wheel after drinking four beers. ú% people do drinking

his mother received a text message from him. searchers will be along the colorado river looking for neal. they say he was in a popular hiking area surrounded by cliff and loose rock. >> the candidates for governor will square off and a lot is at stake. it's the first time that many will get to see meg whitman and jerry brown in the same place upper the same questions and conditions head to head. only five weeks until the election and the hour long debate will kickoff tonight. >>> nba bay area will air the debate between brown and whitman on november 12th. they will moderate the debate. coverage begins at 6:00. the debate will start at 6:30 here on the bay area and our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> a short delay of the execution of a california inmate. the governor pushes back albert greenwood brown's date until thursday. today in the bay's christie smith is live with what was behind this delay. >> reporter: good morning. the governor gave brown more time for appeals and issued a statement saying the reprieve was needed because a

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now ban texting while driving. eight states and d.c. ban handheld cell phones. >> because of texting, i won't be able to do a lot of things. walk my daughter down the aisle. or even hear her giggle ever again. >> reporter: after the accident, kim and russ hurd went home to maryland and helped push through a tough no-texting law there. their ultimate goal, a ban on every cell phone, every pda, anything that can distract. >> that would be our goal. no phones, no texting -- drive. >> reporter: the irony is that in florida, the state where heather was killed, they have no laws at all regarding cell phones or texting. the d.o.t. has just announced that in fact 1,600 companies nationwide have now adopted a zero tolerance policy for their employees on distracted driving. no texting, no talking on the cell phone while driving. that covers 10.5 million people nationwide. they expect even more companies will soon come on board. back to you. >> and tom, don't they say that the studies have shown that distracted driving is actually even worse and i

. >> you text, interior zip code and you get a text back with wait times. >> the average patients, bumps, bruises, colds, this will be a very nice tool for them to figure out what is the fastest facility that can relief their pain and roughing. >> the weighting room times are updated every half hour and your texted response comes with a toll free number to talk to a nurse. of course, if you need immediate assistance, do not text, just call 9-1-1. >>> it's going to heat up. >> yes, we increased our temperatures by 10 degrees in half-moon bay to 85 degrees in livermore. check this out. it's a -- moon. we are all able to see it because of the collarty outside. we have clear skies from the coast. our inland areas officially for tomorrow morning's commute -- we have the storminess to the north of us. it's expanding into the eastern pacific. we're going to go from warm conditions haven't seen this kind of heat since august 25th. 83 in sunny -- 93 degrees, the hottest -- otherwise, temperatures upper 60s and you have some sunshine there. upper 80s near 90 in santa rosa when the average high is

debbie wrote to ask, do you think texting could cause carpal tunnel syndrome? >> well, the answer to that one, harry, is it possibly could. this falls under the category of an overuse injury. we've heard of blackberry thumb or cell phone elbow. any repetitive action, anything you do over and over again for hours and hours a day can affect your body. so, when you're talking about texting or on the computer, thumbs, wrists, elbow, neck, can all become effected. >> is treatment approved for that? >> have you heard the saying from your doctor, doctor, it hurts when i do this, and the doctor says, stop doing that. so the answer is rest and intervene on that repetitive action. stop doing it. >> jack, we've got a tweet asking, if someone creates a twitter account or a facebook page claiming to be me, not me in particular but the viewer, can i sue them?

according to the study, banning texting ile driving may not makeravel any safer. the study is stirring controversy. kristen dahlgren is in washingt with the latest. >> at a time when there's so ch talk about 9 dangers of texting -- >> i barely look at the road at all. >> a new report for the highway loss data institute shows states that ban texting and driving may not be any safer. in three out of four states, the ban had the opposite effect. >> when we compare what's going on in the four study states that ban texting to their surrounding neighbor states, we do see collision claim frequencies going up after the ban. >> clearly not what the laws were intended to do. so what's going on? somethingcatching someone in the act may make it too hard to enforce. or perhaps drivers are getting dangerously good at hiding it. >> they may, in fact, be texting, which means they're putting the device lower in the cabin, which makes it even more difficult to see. >> transportation officials say that report is flawed. pointing out the bans are still new and require solid laws, goo

but this is an actual text that i got, and then became a series of texts over the next four days. >> jimmy: we'll put it on the screen and we can all enjoy it together. >> here we go. hey, are you there, i need to -- look at how it is misspelled. i need to tell you something, it's a "mater" of life and death. and so i occasionally get texts, people trying to mess with me? i said, who is this dramatic person, that's me. haha, i'm sorry for what i did to you in school today. i was just pissed off and i don't know why. it's [ bleep ], fyi. i don't know any [ bleep ]. i don't know anyone that knows any [ bleep ]. so, i was like, okay, now i realize it's a random tween who thinks i'm a friend of hers so i'm going -- i love amusing myself, and i'm going to play along. so i -- oh, snap, lol, i thought you were a crazy person. when you said that in school, i was like, wha? but now i'm like, oh, okay, laughing my ass off. omg, i'm so lol-ing right now. you are crazy. so, i think, a little later, hey, are you awake? naw, sick and going to bad, sad emoticon. which was true, i was sick and going

this couple has lost their daughter because of a distracted driver who was texting. they want to send out a message. it's considered as dangerous as drunk driver drive -- driving. >> we couldn't believe that our daughter was taken from us by someone who was texting. >> in a matter of seconds your entire life can change, and we will never be the same again. >> here in maryland, it's illegal to text while driving. >> we are live in helsen. abc news. >> the nfl coach has fined harbaugh. coach palmer said there was a motion there explaining the site zone of here to here. >> a 3 winning shot. 305 feet away as the orioles beat the red sox. they will have a better record than they did last year. >> now, they are inspired. >> the head of one of the biggest churches in the land is facing allegations. >> plus, we have some tips on how to install and use the booster seats on how to keep your children safe. >> good morning, if you are try to get a job, going back to work, we will tell you how we can help. >>> first, we will look at the business reports. >> president obama's top

currently ban texting while driving. if the distracted driving summit in washington today, evidence it's not enough. >> if you're looking down at your texting device for four to five seconds you drive the length of a football field in a 4,000 pound unguided missile. >> reporter: trus and buses were the focus, a day after a bus driver was found reading his kindle behind the wheel. a texting truck driver hit nine cars. they're now pushing for nationwide laws. >> these people love and adore someone, how would they feel if they lost their heather? >> reporter: a question they hope all drivers now ask, but no more families hav to answer. kristen dahlgren, nbcnews. >>> aoung green par summit candidate from our area hit by a car over the weekend has died. maryland state police say natas natasha pedigrew died from her injues. she was riding her bike when an suv struck her. the driver told police she didn't realize she hit a person until she gotome and still found the bike lodged beneath the vehicle. at this point the driver has

she was texting in the driver's seat. a miss johnson from-belt -- from ash built -- amos johnson from asheville, n.c., lost his daughter when she was hit head- on by a distracted drivers. she was texting at the time of the crash. there is a couple here from maryland. in two thousand eight -- in 20 they left their florida, to go to -- they left their florida house to go to a wedding planners office. they dreamed of a fairy tale wedding at disney world. on the way, they stopped at a traffic light. eight tractor truck driver plowed into the back of their car. it set off a chain reaction that left other and another woman dead. the driver was texting behind the wheel. these people came from all parts of the country. they have bright futures. they are the kind of kids that every parent hopes for. they are the kind of parent that every child the doors, and in inherit too short lives how many people need to die on our watch, not because of evil or malice, but because of carelessness and very dangerous behavior? during this last y

you text er to the number 23000 from a cell phone and to your zip code when prompted -- enter your zip code when prompted and you get a text describing the wait. >> regional medical center is 9 minutes, good samaritan 13 minutes. >> the average patients with the bumps, bruises, colds, sore throats, ear infections, gastrointestinal illness, this is will be a very nice tool for them to figure out what is the fastest facility that can leave their pain and suffering. >> reporter: the waiting room times are updated every half hour. your texted response also comes with a toll-free number to talk to a nurse. >> should be following up with their regular doctor. other recommendations for medication or should they be coming immediately to the emergency room to seek advanced medical care? >> reporter: nationwide it takes an average 58 minutes to see an emergency room doctor from the time you went to the door. good samaritan and regional medical say their average wait times are between 20 to 30 minutes and they hope texting wait times will reduce the delay even more. >> it will spread out the volu

to get to through text. joel d smith is live at the high school for the program kickoff that educatorssare hoping will improve attendance. ggod morning joel. >> reporter: the idea s a lot of students don't ome to school because they are havvng trouble getting on he bus andd3 getting here. -bout 40,000 studdnts use public transportation and they are hhving troubll getting here..3 now the mta and others are %-rate your ride and text out ad see whht the problems are and try to improve it. ú%u guys put yourself on the line. this is going to be not a good ttmm. you want to hear about it? >> any businees ttat has good information can make adjustment to their seerice. we do 1000million service a year. we d have a lot f schools we serve, a lot oo different bell times and serviceerequirements.3 peeple move, close schools, change, ttey onsolidate. ss the more information we get, the beeter it is for us. >> reporter: what we're hearing from some the kids it's a bbsy timm,, o students, just regglar riders and things li

. >>> well, distracted driving while texting or talking on the phone has become almost a great hazard on america's highways, as much as drunk drivers. and today, as t.j. winick tells us, some tough new rules go into effect to deal with the problem as the transportation department takes dead aim on the distracted driver. >> it's a huge deterrent. >> reporter: they've been on a mission ever since their daughter heather died while driving to meet her wedding planner. >> we could not believe our daughter could be taken from us by somebody who was texting. >> reporter: in fact, last year, nearly 5,500 people died on the roads and nearly 500,000 injured because of a distracted driver. the secretary of transportation calls distracted driving an epidemic. >> there's no call or e-mail so important that it can't wait. >> reporter: two new laws recently went into effect to combat disdracted driving. >> reporter: commercial bus and truck drivers are now prohibited from sending text messages on the job. this morning, at the second national distracted driving summit, ray lahood proposed barring tru

the common sense not to talk or text while you drive. >> talking and texting while driving isn't worth the risk. >> reporter: that was transportation secretary ray lahood. he will be here at this summit that is taking place at the renaissance hotel. >> thank you. the wusa 9 news is part of the great hang up campaign. if you've been basicked we'd love to share your story on the air. tell us your story by going to the great hang up page at wusa9.com or calling. >>> the city of rockville is promoting car free day this thursday. it's just one the neighborhood stories in our where you live section on our website. montgomery county is offering ways to ditch the car. find your community is our where you live section and keep up with what's happening. got a story or news tip? we want to hear from you. contact us and be part of the wusa9.com team. >>> authorities say they useed a gun to rob the victims on august 8th. he's charged with armed robbery and possession of a handgun. >>> time for another living smart report. jessica dill is back with another look at job offers. >> reporter: we're star

all you have to do is send a text message. fox's lisa murphy explains how it works. >> reporter: at this coffee shop, you don't need cash to get aup of joe. same teal at this restaurant, no cash, no problem. >> they can come in and eat and leave without paying. >> reporter: well, they don't pay the old fashioned way but they do pay by cell phone. >> they get a text message seconds later that says thanks for eating lunch here. >> reporter: the future is here and you don't need to cary cash be, plastic or even a wallet as long as you have your cell phone. >> we do everything el from our phone. we figured let's make a nice way to use your phone as your wallet. >> reporter: they are former college roommates that say they hatched the idea one day after one of them left the house an forgot his wallet at home. he had to borrow money and paid him back with a check. that whole hassle inspired them to start a company. >> we were just like why can't i just text you this money? then venmo was born. >> venmo is a system they set up to pay

. >> it's against the law to text and drive. now, one movie chain is getting in on the bad ban. >> warmer conditions come together bay area. i'll show when you'll see mid-90s coming up. >> and this could be tougher to buy a pack of >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a dead whale that washed on ocean beach yesterday was bury there'd this afternoon. officials wanted to wait until low tide which began about an hour ago. scientists do not know which species the whaem was. it was badly did he composed and they're hoping samples with k.give them that answer. >>> a $25,000 reward is now being offered for a murderer of a 75-year-old tiburon woman. she was shot outside of her home on hillary drive making her the first murder victim from n.a decade. a year later police have no suspect. the reward is being offered by a person who wishes to be anonymous. >> state's largest labor union is endorsing prop 19, legalizing marijuana. the president of california's service employees international union believes it will h

. >> a local couple wants you to hear how texting and driving can devastate your life. >> good morning, first day of -- of fall. >> hard to believe. >> we are warming up with a comfortable morning. you might think that the moon itself is providing us heat. that's not the case. but, and a big but, and it is looming in the room like the unspoken pink elephant, we have a warming trend that is going to be occurring today, tomorrow, and friday. the temperatures will be hanging on. right now, we are hanging on with maryland's most popular radar. we are doing some lighting across the early morning sky. we should reach the guaranteed high of 87. there may be a small shower or thunderstorm later on this afternoon and evening. >> we have some police activity on the inner loop of the beltway this morning along edmonton avenue. and i-79 southbound to the route 2 exit no problems there. no issues in baltimore county or howard county and even prince george's prince george's county. >> how many time have you come up on the car, it's swerving, it's changing lane, and you pull up to look, and it's the

. >> i text a lot at work. i wish i could stop. it's hard. >> reporter: we spend hours on our phones, talking, texting, e-mailing, tweeting. while most experts agree there is no conclusivevidence that cell phones are dangerous to our health, cell phones do emit radiation. >> the cell phone radiates energy in the form of electromagnetic waves. >> reporter: peter paris is an electroengineering professor at george mason university. he says cell phones emit the same nd of radiation that your microwave oven uses to cook food. but what comes out of your cell phone is much less powerful than a microwave. >> a cell phone tnsmits on the order of up to a watt of power. a microwave oven uses 12 times that energy. >> reporter: the amount of radiation a phone generates is quantified in a number called the specific absorbtion rate or f.a.r. theederal communications commission says the sar must be below 1.6 watts per kilogram. why would the fcc have a top liit for this sar number? >> by limiting the amount of energy that is pen penn traetra your

it shows that texting bans could actually be making the problem worse. as drivers move their phones out of sight and shift their eyes from the road. the study said young drivers text more frequently than older people. >>> uncle. uncle. wouldn't give up. >> yeah. it's stifling. >> really hot. >> you're not supposed to exercise outdoors? did you do the exact opposite? i had a sip of water before. i am so bad. sorry. >> i did the right thing. i sat around my house. >> i turned on the air, too. take a look at the record -- potential record highs here across the bay area on this tuesday. what a hot way to start the week. now for some of us, this will be the hottest day so far in the last four days of heat, with livermore at 104 so far. san jose at 99. san francisco airport at 93 degrees. as far as the hottest weather of the year, right now it looks like august the 24th will be hotter than this event we're going through today. san francisco tied an all-time record for august. it was hot out here. with plenty of triple-digit heat. currently the air is still als