and it is not just about handsfree vs not handsfree. there are lots of statistics to back up the information that we are not designed -- our mental capacity does not allow us to be adequately able to speak on a cell phone and maintain our focus for driving. yes, we are able to do this, but we are impaired. it is like drinking and driving. you can still visually see it but your response time is cut down so dramatically that it is the equivalent of being under the influence. that is how it should be regarded for cellphone drivers. they are under the influence of their cell phone. and so, their mental capacity is diminished because they are not focused on their driving. host: let's leave it there, rebecca. thank you call judy thank you for calling in this morning. robert in alexandria, virginia. you are opposed to such a ban. caller: i have been enjoying c- span's morning show for years. i am opposed to it. i am frankly stunned that so many people are so willing and quick to give away any kind of freedom they have in this respect. it is us

snow driver should be using a phone handsfree or not for non-emergency situations. blog does not stop passengers from using cell phones. we want to know what you think. using that this is a good idea or gone too far? do you think is going to happen? you could weigh in on our facebook fan page. >>mark: the fog is really thick and parts of the north bay. james fletcher has the latest on the forecast. >>james: here is that the view outside of the door right now. slowly but surely it is beginning to lighten up. we are a half an hour away from sunrise. we have a subfreezing temperatures in the north bay with temperatures in the '30's and upper 20s. we have a mix this afternoon, it will be sunny with temperatures in the upper 50s. by later into the afternoon and evening the clouds will roll land as we get ready for wet weather coming early thursday morning. here is where temperatures are right now. we are freezing in nevada and in napa. below freezing in santa rosa and fairfield. we are in the '30's for the and the d.c. valleys. low 40's in the south bay. the fog as it ha

it would apply to handsfree devices as well as hand-held devices. it would not go against devices that are built into cars. a major role regarding plans for the 49ers and a stadium in santa clara is happening tonight. kay thompson is joining us live from the city council meeting. >>reporter: the meeting is going on right now. we are in the public comment period of time. if they have reviewed everything about the lawn into the contract. now the people who have packed the meeting are getting their chance to speak. we will show you some renderings of the new 49ers stadium. most people at the meeting tonight are in favor of the stadium. this building will bring a lot of money and a lot of jobs. what has been and continues to be a big point of contention is, if the 49ers are paying their fair share. bill lawn is $850 million. because of the stadium has ballooned to nearly $1 billion. >> it is a grossly one-sided deal designed to benefit the team and not the people. >>reporter: what the city council is doing tonight is approving this or not approving this

finally, she goes handsfree only to realize handsfree or not, she cannot parallel park. this lady is my favorite. not only did i catch her on her cell phone, she returned to give me the once over. when i told her i was from kron4 looking for people behaving badly, she had this to say. >> it is not nice. >>stanley: it is not nice to be on your cell phone while you're driving. >> i am glad she was not wearing an old shirt. this suv window was rolled down with a briefcase just sitting there. every driver should have one of these, i do not toe signed in the window. behalf fans are desperate to get into the postseason. with the nba lockout over, they believe the new head coach will turn things around. >> i am excited. the season opener for the warriors. >> we drove from l.a. to see the game. >> the fans tonight were treated with a santa hat. the biggest gifts were a big wind for the warriors. >> the text messages or not work related. they were unwelcome and harassing. most of the text messages were sent late at night or in the early hours of the morning. we have evidence to s

she wants to make talking without it handsfree device in maryland a primary offense. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- what do you think of the idea of banning the use of all mobile devices while driving? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> did we mention no kids in the car, too? >> no yelling. here is matt lauer with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> what was behind jerry sandusky's decision to waive his rights. is there a chance of a plea deal in the works? we will ask his attorney. the recovered cell phone that leads police to new information in the disappearance. who will be the person of the year for "time" magazine? we will have some fun with the surprise hit of the holiday season, ugly christmas sweaters. >> ugly christmas sweaters for mindy. those are pretty ugly. >> 36 degrees on tv hill. >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together the weather and traffic to

>>mark: this is just a suggestion, no driver would be able to use a phone handsfree or holding it. we have the handsfree law in california but the ntsb recommending he did not use your phone at all while driving. >>darya: we are back with more in just a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick. plenty of sunshine in san francisco. 101 is a little slow southbound. thought >>mark: international news, an officer on a road one admitted and update all the next. this happened yesterday, the officer says he was reaching down to get a pan that dropped when he lost control of the squad car. he knocked out power to several homes in the area. the officer made it out of the squad car without a scratch. >>darya: we will be that with more in a couple of minutes if if the dow has and down all morning and now it little worse for wear. but but for about us sunshine in san francisco. temperatures are slowly coming up in it means that the fall will soon burn off. the north bay fog is really dense in spots. this afternoon is sunny. expect a few raindrops for the north bay and it will g

finally, she goes handsfree only to realize handsfree or not she cannot parallel park. this woman, i caught her on her cell phone and she returned to give me the once over. >> i was on my cell phone, i went around the block in the, you are not the police. >>stanley: i told her i was from kron4 and looking for people behaving badly. >> it is not nice to put peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m it is the holidays. >>stanley: i am glad she was not wearing an almost sure. this suv is parked but the back window is down with a briefcase just sitting there. every driver should have one of these. they do not toe signed in the window. >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea, e-mail us at www.kron4.com. >>vern: stanford is a posting in tennessee. the tennessee coach is suffering from early stages of dementia. 19 points in the first half and in the second half she has not let down. stanford is up 80-75. not since the 85-86 bears as the defense not allowed a rushing touchdown for 15 straight games. the 49ers and toward these guys apart. alex smith and vernon davis, it was just see you

, handsfree. >> the driver triggered this mazurek -- missouri rakiwreck by sending 11 text messages. she does believe it is time to tighten maryland's laws about talking or texting in the driver's seat. >> the lots are inconsistent. how can you have it -- a texting law that has texting as a primary offense and use of a cell phone as a secondary offense. >> apparently, you can get pulled over for texting while driving, but not for dialing your phone. >> you could be sitting right next to a police officer and talking away and he cannot do nothing to you. >> you can only get a ticket for driving while driving it you are caught breaking another traffic light at the same time. she wants to make it a stiffer penalty than a $40 fine and a primary offense. cellphone usage has been cited in a tree -- a fatal train accident in california, a boat collision in philadelphia, and a passenger jet that strayed 100 miles past its destination. that is why the ntsb argued that while a ban on itself on news may be inconvenient -- >> death is inconvenient. >> you can see the form that others have signed

the national transportation safety board says handsfree is not enough. any use of a cell phone while driving is dangerous. the ntsb wants states to forbid their use. if you see what you think are suicidal comments on a friend's facebook messages, you can alert facebook. if the view is agree, the friend will get an e-mail offering counciling. twitter includes stories tailored to your interest. >> they can take you to a section called browse interests. you can see all sorts of different categories. if you like music, they suggest different people you can follow. >> twitter has been growing rapidly since it became part of apple's operating system in october. i'm rob nelson. >> i cannot keep up with all of these changes. every week there is a new change. >> it seems to be working pretty well. >>> all right. we want to know what is happening on the weather front. it is warning today. -- warmer today. >> if it had to tweet it. mild morning. comfortable afternoon. warmer tomorrow with a chance of rain let in the day -- late in the day. >> a chance of precip fri

the agency says even handsfree devices are too distracting. this push comes after an investigation showed texting caught several deadly accidents including a school bus crash in missouri last year. >> we know that accidents happen in the blink of an eye. you have to be paying attention all the time. you never know what text could be your last >>> they do not have the power to enforce a ban but they have a recommendation that carries with federal regulators and state lawmakers. >> when we continue, why the marine corps is apologizing after a misstep involving christmas ornaments and customers run for cover after what comes crashing for the front door of a convenience store. later, last year's facebook -- last year mark zuckerberg took on the title but who will time magazine issues as its 2011 person of the year? adam caskey will be back with weather. >>> the marine corps is apologizing in after mistakenly mailed christmas ornaments to more than 1000 dead marines and sailors. the golden ornaments featuring a purple car were part of a package fro

said the national transportation safety board they are calling for a complete ban both handheld and handsfreenless there are built into the car. it >> many times the direction that is there is not just about the manipulation of something or physical destruction it is about how to distraction, is about not being engaged in the task at hand. we know that human beings have a difficult time focusing on one task and maintaining vigilance. >>reporter: transportation secretary says that the focus should be on hand-held devices. >> the problem is my hands free, that is that the big problem in america. >>reporter: according to a 2009 study, drivers that child cellphone were nearly three times as likely to have a crash then non distracted drivers, but using a voice activated technology is less frist--is a less risky. some 35 states and washington d.c. ben text messaging while driving while nine states in the c band driver some using the hand-held from driving. >>reporter: paso what impact to your bottom line in 2011?--so what impact did your bottom line in 2011, we have more on the rocky road that was

to realize handsfree or not, she just cannot parallel park. this lady is my favorite not only do i catcher on herself on, she returns to give me the once over. >> i was on my cell phone and i had to go around the block to say you are not the police right? >>stanley: when i told her i was from kron4 i was looking for people behaving badly. >> that is not nice, that is not nice to put people behaving badly is the holiday spirit. >>stanley: i am just glad she was not wearing an elmore shirt. in this suv was parked in mind that the back window rolled down with his briefcase just sitting there. every driver should have one of these, a do not toll sign in the window. i am suggesting and name change for chestnut street, i think it should be named do what you want street. >>justine: live pictures into the kron4 newsroom of a rocket blast that is set to go off our plan is to bring it to you live right here on kron4 news at 5:00 a.m., stay with us. [music] >> darya: the morning we start this wednesday morning out at 5:00 a.m., if you look at the bay bri

two years ago we put a ban on all of our employees from talking or texting handsfree.was drinking. >> more than 3,000 fatalities while driving. i want to bring in hln's law enforcement analyst mike brooks. let's go back to the chair of ntsb saying this is the new dui. do you agree? >> i think it's a great analogy. if i'm a cop and i see you swerving, what's the first thing i'm going to think? a possible dui. you pull that person over and what do they have? they had their phone in their lap and -- >> exactly because it takes away from your full time and attention from driving, what you're supposed to be doing when you're behind the wheel. >> i know this is something that the ntsb said would be great if people did this nationwide. but you were a cop for many, many years. >> sure. >> how do you enforce this? >> in the district of columbia, for example, you can't text, you can't drive with a phone up to your ear. if i pull up next to you and i see you with that, i'm putting the red lights over and pulling you over. now, are you going to write a ticket? it's up to the discr

. >> that does apply to handsfree, blue to it. it is a cognitive destruction. >> and found a teenage driver triggered this misery wrecked by exchanging 11 text between -- before slamming into a truck anted up school buses. >> all of us are guilty. every single one of us. >> she is on the house motor vehicle subcommittee. the democrat does not believe a cell phone band is realistic in any state. she does believe it is time to tighten the laws about talking or testing in the driver's seat. >> the laws are inconsistent. how could you make a testing lot primary offense and assault on a secondary offense. you cannot do with what -- you cannot do one without the other. >> a cell phone usage is a secondary offense. you can be right next to a police officer and be talking away and he cannot do anything to you unless you are on a red light. >> you can only get a ticket for dialing while driving if you are caught breaking another traffic light at the same time. they want to make it a primary offense that comes with a stiffer penalty. offici

one in which a motor coach driver was on handsfree cell phone and was talking handsfree. he was driving down the gw parkway, coming from baltimore- washington international airport, going to george washington's home in mount vernon, ticking out of bus full of school kids -- taking a bus full school kids. he had driven the route before. he did not heed the signs. when our investigators interviewed him, after the accident, he did not see the signs. he did not recognize the first boss had moved over to the left lane. he told investigators he did not see the bridge before he hit it. he crushed the top of the boss. he was very fortunate there were no fatalities -- of the bus. he was very fortunate there were no fatalities. in one of the worst accidents that can that he had seen, a number of people were killed, 11 fatalities -- in one of the worst accidents that kentucky had seen, a number of people were killed, 11 fatalities. host: let's go to the phones and hear from john on our independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to call in and commend the ntsb for

ban on using cellphone while texting and driving except in emergencies and and that would apply to handsfree as hand-held devices a. the devices already built into your car, those will be allowed. officials say that cellphone and cars have been a dangerous men and. does will >> this is becoming the new dui it is becoming the epidemic. in regard a price system, electronic devices if we do not act now, he lives will use in the next 30 years? i do not think that we can afford to wait an entire generation to change this. conner >>catherine: congress would have to approvethe proposed ban. >>reporter: today's announcement call for a nationwide ban on texting in the use of sep prime--of cellphone johann hell and handsfree was welcome news to the california highway patrol. >> real will review we want to eliminate all of the distracted driving. >>reporter: here in california law went into effect is to dominate and texting while driving became illegal a few months later. why does he intervene as at first republican intention was several years later a sense of complacency has set in. >> as of this poin

finally, she goes handsfree only to realize that handsfree or not she'd just cannot parallel park. is my favorite not only did i catcher on her cellphone she returned to give me the once over. >> i was on my cell phone and i had to go around the block and said you are not the police right? >>stanley: if i was you would be busted. when i told i was with kron4 and people behaving badly, she had this to say. >> it is not nice to put people on people behaving badly. is the holiday season you are supposed to be kind. >>stanley: i am just glad she was not wearing an elbow shirts. and this suv was parked in mind, except the back windows rolled down with a briefcase just sitting there. and every driver should have one of these, they do not toll sign on the window. so i am suggesting a name change for the street. i think it should be named it do what you want to do. >>james: -- >>pam: if you have a comatose story idea for stanley e. lawless and will be heading that we got, we will be right back. ng [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call

. >> the problem is not handsfree, that is not a big problem in america >>reporter: people will doubtlphone 23 times to have a crash as nonrestrictive drivers. but treuhand still used a live voice recognition technology co is more safe. try some 45 states nbc planned are abandoned textile while driving, nine states hand-held devices. a goofy. all full ofall lands all cellphone used all drivers.--no state to ban cellphone news for all drivers. >>reporter: her record error corp. it was a pretty nice day after a star. we got into the mid '60s rolling, and right now here is a live shot from union s recordquare. >>reporter: weeding brennan citruses laurel city unit some places are dropping into the 32. here is a films are hitting the big screen here is a preview of this edition of now showing. cruise is it not holiday part of the imf is in jeopardy of closing is wrong be indicated in a bombing. ethan hub in his team will stop at nothing to clear the agency's name. this movie is rated 2013 of. and based on the first installment in his trilogy, with curled iraqi attack to chronicle of the re

. >> the delegate wants to make talking without it handsfree devised a primary offense that comes with a stiffer penalty. the recommendation would allow drivers to use a gps device while behind the wheel. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think of the idea of banning the use of all mobile devices while driving? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> demonstrators say tuesday morning's evacuation was the beginning of a long fight. they have called a meeting outside mckeldin square. authorities say no arrests were made. protests plan to stay in vacant housing in the city. >> this is just a start. there will be occupations that will be popping up around town. this is just -- last night was the beginning. this moving into phase two. >> officials denied the request for a permit to continue their protest in the plaza. demonstrators have been at the site since the beginning of october. the scene was not so peaceful in essex. an officer was

that means no handsfree devices and noble stupi blue tooth. they say it causes to an accident during a 90% of drivers support some sort of ban. drivers in our area are split on the recommendation. >> it is ridiculous. >> it is to the point where people are not paying attention. >> we also spoke with the family of captain thomas didone a montgomery county police officer. his son was killed in 2008: the car he was riding in the driver was distracted, killing him in the accident. d.c. and maryland are two localities that have banned talking on the cell phone while driving. in virginia is not yet law, but many believe that will pass next year in the state legislature. demille monday, abc 7 news. -- jummy olabanji. >>> a ramp will open linking route 7 with 123. that was closed last year for construction on the silver lining. >>> it falls church father accused of abuse now faces murder charges for the death of his daughter. >> paramedics found the toddler -- two-month old inside a home on parkwood court. ben eisler as the latest on the investigation

more than half talk on a non- handsfree cellphone and one out of three text behind the wheel. about 14% admitted to putting maika on inside the car. -- putting make up on inside the car. and young drivers are more likely to be distracted behind the wheel. and man often get distracted by the gps all driving. a local ordinance prevent restaurants from offering free toys for kids' meals over 600 calories. if parents want a toy for that meal, they will have to buy it for 10 cents. mcdonald's also offers apple slices at a site option in an attempt to lower calories in the kids' meals. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> in november was about 4 degrees warmer on average for the entire month. in december, we start again with a milder than normal weather pattern for this first day of the last month of the year. 53 degrees at b.w.i. marshall is the official. the normal high is only 50. 37 is the low so far today. the record is freezing. two years ago we were 75 degrees on the first of december. the back to 1967 and it was a low o

one in which a motor coach driver was on handsfree cell phone and was talking handsfree. he was driving down the gw parkway, coming from baltimore- washington international airport, going to george washington's home in mount vernon, ticking out of bus full of school kids -- taking a bus full school kids. he had driven the route before. he was the second bus of a two- bus convoy. he did not heed the signs. there was a low clearance up ahead. when our investigators interviewed him, after the accident, he did not see the signs. he did not recognize the first boss had moved over to the left lane. he told investigators he did not see the bridge before he hit it. he crushed the top of the boss. -- the bus. he was very fortunate there were no fatalities -- of the bus. he was very fortunate there were no fatalities. in one of the worst accidents that can that he had seen, a number of people were killed, 11 fatalities -- in one of the worst accidents that kentucky had seen, a number of people were killed, 11 fatalities. host: let's go to the phones and hear from john on our indepe