the aaa is pushing for 100 hours. you can understand why after watching that tape.ood morning. >> i am scared to go driving after watching that good news to report on the beltway, medical emergency, a vdo the worker reported bitten by a snake. just off the american lesion bridge, everything is gone. all nes open,o delays. let's see how we are doing. there we go. clearing out quickly. h.o.v. lanes just opened, the delays back to the beltway through the work zone are beginning to ease. looking much, much better. >> and tomoins us now with a look at the forecast. you had to train three daughters how to drive. >> spend a lot of time. you need to spend a lot of time it is all about experience. once the experience grows, you can feel more comfortable with it. here, a great day with a convertible to enjoy the summer-like weather in october. there is the live view. still, a couple of weeks away from peak foliage. here, it usually occurs around halloween. upper 70s, blue ridge, low to mid 70s now. and the last 12 hours, showers passing to the north there. is a front coming t

hardly enough says aaa. >> stop, hit your brakes!> that will wake you up. >> most states require 50 hours supervised time with a permit. in other words, 50 hours with parent before they get their full driver's license. aaa would like to see that raised to 100 hours on average. and they really want to see parents and kids practicing driving at night, driving in the rain, driving in the snow, and here in d.c., the ice. because those are the critical times when kids can have real prlems. >> some parents pay better attention than others. >> you noticed? >> being on the phone, yeah. >> distracted driving isn't a matter for teenagers, right? it's a matter for parents and a matter for parents who are trying to coach the teen, stay off the phonand pay attention. >> exactly. set an example. >> thankyou. >>> we're now heading into sports and lindsay is here with more on gilbert arenas and the wizards. >> it's a new beginning for the wizards here in d.c. tonight. thjohn wahl era hits home as the team plays its first preseason game against the h

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what triple aaa discovered is parents need to step up their game.ve in all types of conditions -- weather, highways and dark. 20% of teen fatalities happen between 9:00 pm and midnight -- 5% higher than the overall population. >> everything looks different in the dark. >> reporter: parents also need to spend more time teaching -- period. >> parents less than two hours, surprising, per week. >> reporter: pay attention to your kid when you're in the car. >> mom, i don't like it when i don't know where i am, and you are on the phone. >> reporter: try to give teens strategies for driving intelligently. >> sometimes what you need to when you're driving is look two or three cars ahead of you. >> reporter: and driving defensively. >> whoa, whoa -- they just ran a red light. >> reporter: avoiding the freak outs, and hopefully avoiding the dangers of the road. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and >>> and be sure to download the checklist from aaa and you can do that on our website, abcnews.co abcnews.com/worldnews. >>> coming up next the secret to keepin

so the aaa foundation wanted to know how well are parents teaching their kids. decided to do that by mounting cameras on the dashboard. it's a split-screen look at teenagers' first few months behind the wheel from a missed driveway -- i'm sorry! to a confusing intersection. >> you got a red light! you got a red lights! >> reporter: and the parents who are supposed to be involved. >> there's a siren. >> what do i do? >> you need to pull over. you need to pull over. you need to pull over to the right, honey! sorry. >> reporter: aaa followed 50 families looking at how well parents teach teenage drivers. >> it's a little bit of blind corner. >> reporter: among them, chuck and his daughter leah who he may have saved from a very serious accident. >> whoa, stop! hit your brakes! >> what were they doing? >> they completely ran a red light. >> i didn't even see it coming. it just was there all of a sudden. it just snuck up on me, i guess. >> driving is a complex thing. it takes a lot of stimulus input and reacting quickly and thinking and a lot of it is just plain practi

hardly enough says aaa. and as this family discovered. >> whoa! stop! hit the brakes. >> most states require 50 hours with parents before children can get a driver's license. aaa would like to see that increased to 100 hours. >>> police are investigating another pedestrians crash in montgory county today around midnight. a woman was stru by a car and a bus on southbound 270 near route 124 in gaithers berg. investigators tell us a car and a ride on bus hit the woman. there were no passenger as board the bus at the time. right now they're not sure why the woman was walking on the highway. >>> four people were stabbed outside of a bar near the university of maryland campus overnight. three of those vctims were students. those students were under age and shouldn't have been in the bar in the frst place. news 4's tracy wilkins is on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: police are still questioning witnesses and sorting out exactly what happened. they say from what think understand so far. it all started with an argument inside the thirsty turtle. the argu

aaa will be holding seven free car care check events in maryland this monday.ppen the last week of the month, one in frederick, october 26th and that's at the aaa office on west 7th street and another one is happening in upper marlboro on october 28th at the wawa at 163 crane highway. dozens of wounded warriors have segways now to help them get around. after receiving the expensive devices through a nonprofit organization. peggy fox takes us to where 51 injured servicemen received the gift of mobility. >> corporal larry dronn, junior. >> i was on patrol with my guys and stepped on a land mine and took both of my legs off. >> reporter: since he was wounded he has had a hard time keeping up with his 20-year-old son. the organization, segs for vets is fixing the problem with a gift of a brand new $5,000 segway. >> i'm very excited. it will make life a lot easier. i will be able to go more places with my son and wife. >> reporter: he is one of 51 wounded soldiers, marines and national guardsmen receiving segways at this ceremony. for the most part these injured ser

sorry. >> reporter: aaa followed 50 families looking at how well parents teach teenage drivers. >> it'sblind corner. >> reporter: among them chuck and his daughter, lia, who he may have saved from a very serious accident. >> stop, hit the brakes! they completely ran a red light. >> i didn't even see it coming. it was just there all of a sudden. just snuck up on me, i guess. >> driving is a complex thing. it takes a lot of stimulus input and reacting quickly and a lot of it is just plain practice. >> reporter: aaa says the study's results were disappointing because while some parents offer lots of coaching. >> sometimes what you need to do when you're driving look two, three cars ahead of you and see what's going on. >> i don't like it when i don't know where i am and you're on the phone. >> reporter: most teens had hardly enough time behind the wheel with mom and dad. >> on average we saw the supervised driving experience was actually less than two hours a week. >> reporter: with 20% of the driving occurring at night or bad weather, hardly enough says aaa and as the cottati's experience

bond rating out of roughly 3,000 counties in america, roughly 30 have a aaa bond rating and i reachedtisan solution -- >> it says stop. >> -- cut more in spending than raised in taxes. >> quick response. >> you've been criticized for saying that you brought the county to a aaa bond rating. you inherited that good rating. how do you justify cutting the tax exception for disabled seniors, cutting policeman pay when you wastefully spent so much money on apiepeasing speci interest groups. >>> that is cronyism. >> we have to move to the next series of questions. >> there's a lot to respond to. >> do it in 30 seconds. >> that's going to be difficult, wolf. but i'll tell you, i'm proud of my record as new castle county executive. the very hard choices that had to be made to clean up the government, every time you get a bond rating, you earn a bond rating. each time you go to the bond market you are rerated. moody's in their letter of rate two weeks ago said it was because of the conservative fiscal policies of my administration that we had reearned a aaa bond rating from all three agencies.

on. >> you've been criticized for saying that you brought the county to a aaa bond rating. you inherited that good rating. and how would you justify cutting the tax exemption for low-income seniors and disabled seniors, cutting our police pay when you spent so much money on appeasing special interest groups? you can't justify that. that is a career politician. that is cronyism. we don't need anymore of that. >> we got to move quickly. but do you want to respond to that? >> there's a lot to respond to. >> do it in 30 seconds. >> i'm proud of my record as new castle county executive. the hard choices that had to be made to clean up the government. every time you get a bond rating, you earn the bond rating. she's not familiar how it works. it was because of the policies of my administration that we had reearned a aaa bond rating from all three agencies. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, t

and how did aaa rating credit rating and all that would say you know what you take this package of junk we've just created. kind of insured you basically write a default swap to basically credit and store it got a much better rating than we do so our investors will buy it from you what that you make money we make money everybody's happy former bank regulator william black told bill moyers this was all deliberate this stuff the exotic stuff that you're talking about was created out of things like liar's loans that were known to be extraordinarily bad and now it was getting triple a ratings now aaa rating is supposed to mean there is zero credit risk so you take something that not only has significant it it has crushing risk that's why it's toxic and you create this fiction that it has zero risk that itself of course is a fraudulent exercise. in. listening to its crisis. she made guarantees totaling more than their ability to pay an amount larger than the entire value of the company actually that's a bit of an understatement he i-g. along with others who sold a rivet is and insured their

out of roughly 3,000 counties in america, roughly 30 have a aaa bond rating and i reached a bipartisanution -- >> it says stop. >> -- cut more in spending than was raised in taxes. >> quick response. >> you've been criticized for saying that you brought the county to a aaa bond rating. you inherited that good rating. and how would you justify cutting the tax exemption for low-income seniors and disabled senior, cutting our policemen pay when you wastefully spent so much money on appeasing special interest groups? you simply can't justify that. that is a career politician. that is cronyism. we don't need any more of that in washington. >> we have to move to the next series of questions. do you want to respond to that? >> there's a lot to respond to. >> do it in 30 seconds. >> that's going to be difficult, wolf. but i'll tell you that i'm proud of my record as new castle county executive. there were very hard choices that had to be made to clean up the government. every time you get a bond rating, you earn a bond rating. miss o'donnell is not familiar with how they work. each time you go

liar's loans that were known to be extraordinarily bad and now it was getting triple a ratings now aaa rating is supposed to mean there is zero credit risk so you take something that not only has significant it it has crushing risk that's why it's toxic and you create this fiction that it has zero risk that itself of course is a fraudulent exercise. in. listening to this crisis. d.g. made guarantees totaling more than their ability to pay an amount larger than the entire value of the company actually that's a bit of an understatement he i-g. along with others who sold a rivet is and insured their policyholders to tune of an estimated five hundred ninety six trillion dollars compare this to the gross national product of the entire world and the problem should become more obvious so you were just gambling billions possibly trillions of dollars. but i would refer to it as gambling with you know these these transactions were individually individually underwritten very carefully maybe i can provide some background see that might be helpful if they're very good with the. are carefully underw

that's according to aaa's fuel gauge reports. the average price of a regular gallon of gas has increased by 18 cents since last month. >>> they are recalling 85,000 mercedes luxury cars because of steering problems. it could be due to a loss of power steering fluid which could make the vehicle hard to control. the e class coupe and cabree ole models, they can bring them to any mercedes dealership for a free system checkup. >>> well how young is too young to get a tattoo? it's a growing trend. teens with tattoos and parents who are okay with those permanent etching. >>> plugs, helping parents yield. hope for two drugs that were once considered a dangerous combo. sit back and relax folks, we've got details on how to pamper yourself on how without breaking would your budget or nails. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new prom

whether he does, is up to you. >>> abc 2 news is brought to you by aaa. use it for all its worth. >> strength in the dollar did little to slow commodities down today as the index finished the day higher. the dow is up 3 points , is s and p both up. not much gain there at all. >> the weather -- >> the weather. >> yes, looks good for today. we do have a chance for showers, thunderstorms late they are evening, but the best chance is going to come here as we go into thursday. the weather looks wonderful once again, then the weekend looks good. lots of sunshine in the forecast for us. so get out there and try to enjoy it as we go into wednesday. it is likely that rain will be in here. >> a little cooler this week. >> seasonal. >> school. >> that's all for abc 2 news at 6:00, i'm roosevelt leftwich, we'll be back here at 11:00, we'll see you then. >> i won't be here. boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance

what looked like aaa instruments that were called collateralized debt obligations and the way those worked was that if they took these these particular collateralized debt obligations and then hedge them they could take all of the future profits and that counted in their bonuses this year that was kind of what took so you know their business the sum to get paid a bonus on profit they haven't earned yet and yet this happened on a widespread basis this risky behavior this questionable behavior that you describe . it's not illegal is it and if it is why did it go on for as long as it was a problem if you get enough people to sign off on that a lot of the stuff winds up not being illegal now in your book you describe the bush administration the obama administration as having been hostage of the financial industry is that true and how how is this reflected on life post the financial meltdown of the sort of two ways or hostage one unfortunately is in the environment we have in the us with so much of campaign contributions coming from wall street depending on the year there is the biggest

. >> reporter: aaa of the mid- atlantic said average price for gas is $2.79. the national average is liar at $2.83, 14 cents higher than october 1st. higher crude oil prices is part of the reason. >> weak u.s. dollar, increase in chinese imports of well. that is actually driving the price of crude oil up and subsequently we're seeing the any at the pump. >> reporter: for many, driving isn't an option. it's a necessary. so conserving becomes a challenge. >> i filled up. i paid $2.63 a gallon. >> reporter: do you do anything to try to save gas? >> my roommate and i like to commute. we take the car and whatnot or walk. >> reporter: kai jackson, wjz, eyewitness news. >> aaa of mid-atlantic says it does not anticipate a surge of gas prices as we near the thanksgiving and christmas holiday. >> starting to feel more like halloween. take a look at temperatures. it's pretty pleasant, 59. the winds will be calming down. the barometer is back up. we'll have a look at the weekend right after this. >> it's friday! bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get ele

brought the county to aaa bond rating.ou inherited that good rating, and how would you justify cutting the tax exemption for low income seniors and disabled seniors, cutting our police pay when you wastefully spent so much money on keeping the special interest groups? recently cannot justify that. that is a career politician. that is cronyism. we don't need any more of that in washington. >> it will be difficult to respond in 30 seconds. i am proud of my record as new castle county executive. the hard choices that had to be made to clean up the government, every time you get a bond rating, you earn the bond rating. ms. o'donnell is not familiar with how bond ratings work. moody's just two weeks ago said it was because of the conservative fiscal policies of my administration that we have reaffirmed a aaa bond rating from all three agencies. >> on national security, foreign policy, 100,000 american men and women are serving in the military in afghanistan right now. the president's of afghanistan, hamid karzai, has acknowledg

the aaa foundation would like to see 100 hours. but they would like to see parents taking the time at night and in inclement weather teaching kids how to drive. >>> and coming up, brett favre's emotional apology to his team pate mates. but what was he apologizing for? but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> just ahead, george clooney is here next to me. forty-six. alright, yeah ok. here you go. you don't understand, slick. we're here for the party. whoo! yeah, that's cute! [ laughing ] put your hand down. [ male announcer ] the vanilla caramel latte from maxwell house international café. the 60 calorie way to stop your world. but my allergies put me in a fog. so now, i'm claritin clear! claritin works great on all my allergies like dust, mold, pollen, or pets without making me drowsy, cause i want to be alert around this big guy. live claritin clear. indoors and out. [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! smack! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing w

aaa says the average price of regular unleaded is $2.78. statewide it is $2.80. >> i am on a really tight budget with the holidays coming closer. i am pumping more money into gas. >> lately has been killing me. when are they going to go down? everything as is going down. gas prices are going up. watery supposed to do? >> a.a.a. mid-atlantic says gas prices have started to level off. >> prices at the pump have leveled off after seeing double- digit increases earlier this month. crude-oil has been trading around that $80 per barrel mark. it was a little high at the end of last week at $82 for barrel. >> it could be worse. aaa says do not forget july 2008. gas was $4 per gallon. lisa robinson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> be sure to check gas prices using our free-application or the mobile version of the website. wbaltv.com and click on consumer. >> still had, we will recap the day's top stories including the latest on a fire who claimed the life of a woman in the dundalk. that is now 5:30 p.m. >> i wake up every morning feeling fortunate. >> from balt

aaa says the price of a gun is now to $80 cents, the highest since may, and up 32 cents from this time last year. coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- >> everyone of them went to beat at the end of the line, not at the beginning. >> the miners and get ready to see the sunshine again. the danger is not over. north korea puts on the world show, introducing a new dictator. how much cash does it take for you to feel secure? all that and how long would these warmer days a blast? item will be back >> a conservative candidate for governor in new york state is facing controversy for his comments. >> i did not march in a gay pride parade -- my opponent did. that is not the best example we should show our children. >> on sunday he told a group of orthodox jewish leaders that he thought saddam would be better off getting married and raising families. on "good morning america" he explained his position. >> i wanted to clearly distinguish that my feelings about homosexuality were no different than those of the catholic church. i am a catholic. >> the comments were criticized for coming the same weeke

i represent 100 been nests because of the companies that own and develop the 100 aaa headquarters. we have a significant interest in the area. we are very much behind the project. a lot of hard work has been done, as you have heard. a good result has already occurred, we feel that we have your support with the support of the private sector, which is a part of a gold today, staged interim hearings to get your view. we do not want to ramrod this through. we are handling it with kid gloves. there is a lot about reached to members of our community. results would be that it would benefit the residence of the entire san francisco area, visitors to san francisco, it will make it and improve the situation for everyone. whereas the next level, we will come down and, hopefully, your support will be continued. supervisor avalos: thank you, next speaker, please. ka>> good morning. i am the supervising director of the public library. we are very excited for the potential of the benefit district. we intend to ask our commission for resolution in supporting it. as we know, the library is very muc

aaa says agasoline is up 20 cents per gallon. >> microsoft is set to unveil the new windows phone 7 today. it has a touch screen and an entirely new operating system. it's also expected to be an xbox game form and the phone is expected in the u.s. and around the world in the next few weeks. >>> and for the sbl straight weekend "the social network" was the number one movie. 15 million bucks, "life as we know it" was number two. "secretariat" about that legendary race horse came in third. >>> next, the escape shaft is ready and the wait is almost over. >>> and you've seen christine o'donnell declare she is not a witch and now you can check out the "saturday night live" version. we'll be right back. gotta get! smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon! where is it? where is the bacon? tv newscaster: bacon popular, "story at 11. dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bacon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a beggin' strip!? dog: me! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum... it's beggin'! hm... i love you! i love bacon! i love you! i love bacon! i love you! beggin' strips! there'

that's a professional aaa player and there's something about his desire in the minor- league system andaid let's give this guy shot. it was funny i think the clock to his running around the bases after hit before the appendectomy after a hit a homerun in was about the same the running on the basis of aubrey half. >> to me to give this away what we had a lot half-hour ago when you receive the ultimate honor and you brought back former winners at a 30 years that's critical. including jeff kent a lot of guys back he is such an excitable guy. for all the right reason hello how are you ever tennessean quick answer about the appendectomy when he was feeling horrible the morning was 5:00 a.m. his wife and baby room hotel room in one with the mouth and in what we cover trainer so we got a rental car downstairs and drove himself to the hospital. he drove himself >> what kind of >> > question marks i'd only be a ford pinto the best thing is they bring the past people in baseball tell you know team honors the x players he make these guys feel good is that pay you haven't forgot them in a sense. >>

here are tips from aaa to keep everyone safe on halloween night.ck-or-treaters always walk facing oncoming cars especially if there are no sidewalks in the area. everyone should be wearing light-colored clothing so the drivers can actualry see you. instead of masks, face paint so it's easier for you to see out and getting your drink on, aaa offers the tipsy-toe program, offering free rides home all night long this friday, saturday, sunday, and many parties to go to. >> good idea. a lot of streets now are blocked off. police don't allow traffic when they know lots of kid are there. very nice. >> and carry a flashlight. >> yes, yes. once again, we're looking thaed to the forecast to make sure everything is going to be okay. that's where jeff ranieri comes into the picture. >> yes. >>> you know, right now it looks like the rain is going to be holding off for us for the afternoon and evening on halloween. that's the great news. rain holding off right now for game one of the world series out here at at&t t park. winds have shifted out hire to the south

chris, some tips that we were getting from aaa as well. as clint was intimating, be careful.ities. fairly straightforward. keep your keys in your hands so when you walk in and out of your car, you can use it perhaps as a defense weapon. crack the window to talk to people. don't roll the whole thing down. and finally, make a scene if attacked. some of us don't want to do that, but make noise. those are the tips aaa is putting out based on this very amazing story that's out there. >> i've also heard, especially for a woman who's traveling alone, if you go into one of them and you're the only person there, there's only one other person there, it doesn't matter if you make a scene if that other person is, you know, somebody who's going to hurt you. so drive on to the next place if you possibly can. >> exactly. keep on going. >> thanks, richard. good advice. >>> trump in 2012? the donald breaks the news right here on msnbc about whether he's considering running for office. >>> my question today, if you want to run for mayor of wasilla, does this help or hurt? levi johnston gets ho

first thing to do according to aaa, take action. four in ten people do absolutely nothing to avoid these accidents. and it's pretty simple. just steer where you want your car to go and do not slam on the brakes because it upsets the balance of your car. now, on the prevention side, the key here quiz your loved ones on these sorts of questions because it's always been said every seedse e seedsen, but you need to remind them of these things. at which speed can even a new tire lose traction? >> they just put it up, 35 miles per hour. thank you, graphics. >> it is 35 miles per hour. that's not very fast. even a new tire will start to lose traction. let me ask you this question and hopefully won't put up the answer as of yet. at what point of speed will you have complete disengagement from a road and your tire? guess what that would be. >> when it happened to me, it is on the highway, it is faster than that. >> 65 miles per hour. these are two numbers you can quiz your loved ones. you can do this when you're having dinner or what have yo

but the aaa foundation discovered is parents need to step up their game teaching kids to drive in all kinds of conditions, urban, highways, bad weather, and in the dark. >> she never driven with me on the freeway she is too afraid. i do it with my dad. >> reporter: 20% of teen fatalities happen between 9 p.m. and midnight. 5% higher than the overall population. >> everything looks different in the dark. >> reporter: parents need to spend more time teaching. >> they are spending less than two hours of time supervising the child per week. >> reporter: when you are in the car with your kid, pay attention to your kid. try to give teens strategies for driving intelligently. >> sometimes what you need to do when you are driving is look two cars or three cars ahead of you. >> okay. >> reporter: in driving defensively. >> stop. hit the brakes. >> reporter: they completely ran a red light. >> reporter: avoiding the streakouts. >> thanks for haring me and not freak out. >> reporter: hopfully avoiding the dangers of the road. abc news, new york. >> something to watch. 9:11. coming up next, find

aaa says we will not see a jump for the remainder of the year. nice. >>> it was a perfect day to leave that car in the garage and take a walk or a bike ride. it was a clear mild evening after a nice warm summer afternoon, but unfortunately we did have some potential rain chances. >> reporter: what a beautiful shot it was right there. i want to show you first doppler area that it is still clear in our area. you will see not that far away, here's our next jet moving our direction. here's the cold front part of it. it will weaken as it comes our way. so we're not going to see all the severe weather that is coming down to the south. maybe a thunderstorms as we head through the day tomorrow. it is going to remain warm, we'll have that forecast coming up, adam. >> reporter: the largest breast cancer walk in baltimore city was a huge success today. it raised almost a half a million dollars, also raising awareness and hope for a cure. >> a sea of 7,000 people, 1,000 more than expected took part in the american cancer societies, strides against breast can

we did it in a fiscally responsible way and we are one of only eight states that still has a aaa bond rating, denise. furthermore, we've improved outcomes for our students throughout our state and we are going to continue to do it. we've made different choices when we were -- [ no audio ] in easier times the former governor always looked for ways to get out of funding education. he cut school construction and he forced a 40% increase in college tuition. >> it's temporary spending from the federal government to the state government. as you know, those dollars are gone. >> we're picking apart a very important but very small point and there are big issues we haven't gotten to yet that a lot of people want to hear about. let's move on to crime, if we will. we heard from nicholas in pass dean na. he wants to -- in pasadena. he wants to know will you reform firearms law. a lot of people are concerned about firearms law. >> i've been a pro-second amendment throughout my public career. interestingly enough, when you look at how these bills work, they tend to only penalize law abiding citizens

. >>> aaa says gasoline prices have gone up 14 cents nationally in the past two weeks. experts are blaming higher crude oil prices and the weakness of the u.s. dollar. >>> manners may be the last thing that come to mind when talking about local taxi drivers, but in one localcity, they want to hold cabbies responsible for their manners. john shiffin is in alexandria with more. john? >> many of the cabbies we spoke to toght said it doesn't matter what day of the week or what customer it is, they're always professional and on their best behavior. still, alexandria is contemplating a rule that would make sure that every time a customer steps into a cab, that driver is going to be polite. >> well, that would be pretty cool. who wants a rude cab iver. right? >> that's what the city of alexandria is thinking, and on saturday it will propose a new ordinance that would make it illegal for a cab driver to be rude to a customer. >> the cab drivers sometimes don't give the necessary time to helpeople, and especially those who are not from the d.c. area. >> if this proposal passes,

listen anderson of aaa sees problems. >> we have a truck that is parked in a bicycle lane. if you are a bicyclist coming this way you have to swerve in to traffic to get around that truck. >> reporter: bikers have their own concerns, belligerent motorists who feel bikes should be on the sidewalks and drivers who are blind sided by the bikers, and never see them until it is too late. bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> last year across the country, 58,000 people were injured in bike and vehicle collisions. the federal department of transportation says that's a slight decline, however, over the previous year. >>> just ahead, topper is back with the full forecast. up first, a streaker taking center stage at an event for the president. the naked details when we come back. >>> now to a health alert an an amazing first in stem cell research. anita. >> reporter: for the first time, doctors are testing a human embryonic stem cell treatment treatment on spinal cord injuries the first human patient to get the therapy in atlanta, the stem cell drug is being injected in the spine within two