phil lebow has more on the changes and what they mean for people flying to and from the middle east. >> the department of homeland security believes there's a growing threat of terrorists targeting air planes flying directly to the u.s. the agency says intelligence indicates terrorists are aggressively pursuing innovative methods to undertake their attacks. including smuggling explosives in consumer items like lap tops, tablets and ereaders. so it is inviting them to put their electronics in checked bags. on their phones ask medical devices can still be carried on board. the rule change covers ten airports in the middle east and africa which nine airlines use, averaging about 50 flights a day. >> i have received an 8 yags threat and i'll to have leave it there. we've long known many of our enemies across the world and in the united states see as their biggest target, bringing down a u.s. airliner. >> the department of homeland security won't say what specifically prompted the change in electronics rules but events like last year's terror attacks ma brussels airport have convinced the

phil lebow has more. >> driving in america has become deadlier. the national safety council estimates more than 40,000 people died in car a accidents last year, the most since 2007. it caps the steepest two-year rise in auto fatalities since 1964. some is because drivers are going faster as states raise speed limits, while distracted driving remains a huge problem. ironically, highway deaths are rising even as new technologies like lane departure warning systems are becoming more common. but the national safety council says some of the new systems are being ignored by drivers. >> there are happen tick warning, oral warning, visual warning. some of these warning are confusing to drivers and some of them are -- the functionality is really not there and so drivers are turning them off. >> reporter: doug simpson, the founder and ceo of navdi think hes has a way to keep drivers from picking up their phone. since late last year they have sold a device that projects navigation texting on the screen in front of the driver. >> people are going to make phon