'CSI: Miami' Highlights Driving Dangers

Monday night's "CSI: Miami" was about tricked-out cars, spinning wheels and burning rubber. The show was based on the spontaneous road fests called "sideshows."

"It's a very, very intense world," "CSI: Miami" star David Caruso told The Early Show correspondent Hattie Kauffman. "And then if you put a murder in the middle of that world, you get some high octane."

The writers of the show invented a stunt called the jack in the box in which the driver takes his foot off the pedal, puts the car on cruise control, places his knees on the wheel and his head out sunroof. Even though that particular stunt is an invention, sideshows are a growing problem. They began a few years ago in Oakland, and have spread nationwide.

Of course, speeding teens have been around as long as cars have. And though the broadcast offers a warning about the consequences of dangerous driving, cast members admit that they put the pedal to the metal when they were young.

"We had this '65 Lemans white on white convertible that I would drive sometimes," "CSI: Miami" star Emily Procter said. "I remember this guy was like, 'I'll race you! I'll race you!' And so I said, 'All right.' So I slammed the pedal down and it got stuck. And I ended up going through a red light. And I had a bunch of people with me. It was a harrowing experience. And then I swung it wide into a parking lot and hit the emergency brake. But the guy came up second. He's like, 'You're a good driver.' "

Caruso said he could identify with the story on last night's show in which a driver was killed performing a stunt.

"You know what they call it, too, its very interesting terminology," Caruso said. "They call it a 'go car.' That's, you know, that car will go. If you hang around the NASCAR guys, 'That car will go. That's a go car!' "

Caruso said he named his first car, an Oldsmobile, The Judge.

"I have to say there wasn't much horsepower but we pretended," he said.

Tune in to "CSI: Miami" every Monday night at 10 p.m., 9 p.m. central.