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- While most Americans are staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic, the wide-open streets are bringing out the worst in some drivers. States across the country have reported spikes in speeding and police say crashes are more often severe.
- California's average speed is up 30%. In Minnesota, traffic deaths have more than doubled. Virginia state troopers caught a driver doing 111 mph on Interstate 95, usually one of the most gridlocked roads in the country.
- New York City saw speed camera tickets in March more than double. In Memphis, a driver was seen in a video hitting 127 mph. And a group was seen driving recklessly on ATVs in Washington, D.C.
- Police are trying to slam the brakes on the sudden spike in drivers racing to over 100 mph, CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports. The California Highway Patrol has started posting pictures of the speeds some are hitting and the tickets they're getting. One driver was caught going 117 mph without insurance.