Teen Driver Source is comprised of a team of researchers, educators, and communicators from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute. They use a multidisciplinary approach to study the causes of teen driver-related crashes and then provide evidence-based interventions in order to advance the science of reducing teen driver crashes and their .
On April 16th, Joel teamed up with Meliam Gonzales, RN, BSN; a Trauma Prevention Coordinator & Clinical Educator and Safe Kids Bergen County Coordinator at Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, to inform students of Emerson high school about the deadly consequences of Distracted Driving. The teens listened very attentively to Ms. Gonzales as she related how she, as a trauma nurse, .
Montgomery County State Commissioner, Josh Shapiro, who was very influential in the passage of Pennsylvania’s Texting Ban, and the recent resolution making April Distracted Driving Awareness Month, took part in EndDD.org’s Student Awareness Initiative. Commissioner Shapiro presented this morning to students at Abington High School along with attorney Michael Monheit from Anapol Schwartz. Several other attorneys from Anapol Schwartz will be .
The Casey Feldman Foundation was established to promote traffic safety awareness, among other causes, and to remember Casey Feldman, who was killed by a distracted driver in July 2009. Casey’s Foundation and EndDD.org have coordinated judges and lawyers to give presentations to high school students across North America. Joel Feldman, Casey Feldman’s father and a lawyer, said that it was truly .
Larry Slagle, of Slagle Law Offices, was featured in an article starting on page 1 of “The Independent”, a local newspaper in Masillon Ohio. Larry is one of the many attorneys across the country taking part in our End Distracted Driving Student Awareness Initiative. Larry was one of the first speakers. He presented to roughly 350 students at Tuslaw High .
Since 2007 cell phone ownership has grown 29 % with the average owner glacing at thier cellphone 150 times a day. 25% reporting some type of accident while messaging or talking on the phone.
Nearly 200 adolescents between 15-17 in six high schools across America were asked about their perceptions of a “good driver” and a “safe driver” in a recently published study in Injury Prevention performed by researchers at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, F. K. Barg, S. Keddem, K R Ginsburg, F K Winston. Overall teens defined a good driver and a safe .
It’s not just drivers that suffer from the distraction of their mobile devices. According to a new study the amount of accidents involving headphone wearing pedestrians has more than tripled in the past six years. The recent increase in distracted pedestrians wearing headphones may have been attributed to the popularity of Apple’s Ipod, and similar devices. Introduced in the fall of .
Most adults who drive engage in distracted driving behaviors and readily admit doing so and know those behaviors increase the likelihood of accidents. A new poll release by Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll, indicates that most most adults who drive on a regular basis readily admit to having engaged in distracted driving behaviors. Eating and drinking lead the list at 86%, talking on .
In recent years, the majority of states have passed laws limiting cell phone use while driving in an effort to reduce distracted driving accidents. While cell phones can be a distraction in driving, they are not the only form of distraction that is dangerous and illegal. What is Distracted Driving? The federal government defines distracted driving as anything that takes your hands .
