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10
Apr

Distracted Driving Awareness Month guest contributor Joel Feldman: Celebrating my daughter’s 25th birthday

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD Featured Articles, EndDD in the News

“This past weekend, on April 6, we celebrated my daughter Casey’s 25th birthday. But Casey wasn’t there. She was killed in 2009 by a distracted driver, a 58-year-old man behind the wheel of a van. He took his eyes off the road for just a few seconds. Pink was Casey’s favorite color, so we released pink balloons in her memory….” Read the post of Casey’s father, Joel Feldman, founder of EndDD.org on the U.S. DOT site.

20
Mar

Release of “Just a Few Seconds” EndDD Video

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD in the News, Presentation Videos

“I wasn’t texting, I wasn’t using my cell phone, but I still killed someone”, says 17 year old Kate McGuire in the new PSA video produced by Casey’s father, Joel Feldman, now incorporated into the EndDD distracted driving presentation. This is one of the first distracted driving videos which features both the driver and the victim’s family. Kate, a senior in high school, describes how her selfish act killed a 61 year old man who was about to become a grandfather for the first time. Emily, the daughter of the man who was killed talks about how this senseless and preventable crash has affected her and her family.

10
Mar

EndDD Campaign Initiated in Mass at State Capital; Gov Issues Proclamation; H.S. Students Hear Presentation; TV News Coverage

by Dianne Anderson | Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD in the News

The EndDD campaign has been taken to Massachusetts and kicked off at the State Capital in a press conference

10
Mar

In Idaho: Moms Honor Daughters Killed by Distracted Driving – Join Forces to Save Lives

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD in the News

From opposite ends of the country, 21-year-old Casey Feldman and 18-year-old Kassy Kerfoot would never know their Moms would meet in Idaho to become allies in a life-saving campaign.

07
Mar

Distracted Driving- West Virginia Researcher: Auto makers must be required to design vehicles so that hand-held devices are rendered inoperable while vehicles are moving

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving Research, Distracted Driving Updates

In the most recent edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association , Jeffrey Coben, M.D., and co-author Motao Zhu, M.D., PhD argue in a Viewpoint submission that automobile manufacturers must be required by the federal government to design vehicles so that hand-held devices are rendered inoperable when the vehicle is in motion. The

28
Feb

Drowsy Driving: 1 in 25 Fall Asleep at the Wheel According to CDC Report

by Dianne Anderson | Distracted Driving Research, Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD Featured Articles

In the largest study of its kind to date, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report last month revealing that 4.2% of drivers reported falling asleep at the wheel within the previous 30 days.

08
Jan

Play by Play Video Coverage as Distracted Driver Goes to Jail

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving Updates, Videos

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) , in collaboration with the Michigan State Police, recently released a new PSA video in its fight to reduce distracted driving injuries and deaths. The video is of a sportscaster doing the play by play of a distracted driver who is spending some time behind bars.

07
Jan

Distracted Driving Program for College Students Being Developed by University of Colorado Students

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving, Distracted Driving Updates, Videos

University of Colorado students are part of a project that will develop a distracted driving program aimed at college students. The CU students are working in conjunction with the Bacchus network, a national leader in college safety programs, with funding provided by the Colorado DOT.

20
Dec

Florida Teens Design Wins the US DOT Distracted Driving Design Contest

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving, Distracted Driving Updates

US Secretary of Transportation Ray La Hood announced that fourteen-year old Hah’mari Watson of Sanford, Florida, was the winner of the Distracted Driving Design Contest for creating the “Text & Wreck” icon. Hah’mari had been involved in a motor vehicle crash with family members and it prompted her to enter the contest.

Distracted Driving Updates Archives | Page 18 of 20 | EndDD

Distracted Driving Awareness Month guest contributor Joel Feldman: Celebrating my daughter’s 25th birthday

Release of “Just a Few Seconds” EndDD Video

EndDD Campaign Initiated in Mass at State Capital; Gov Issues Proclamation; H.S. Students Hear Presentation; TV News Coverage

In Idaho: Moms Honor Daughters Killed by Distracted Driving – Join Forces to Save Lives

Distracted Driving- West Virginia Researcher: Auto makers must be required to design vehicles so that hand-held devices are rendered inoperable while vehicles are moving

Drowsy Driving: 1 in 25 Fall Asleep at the Wheel According to CDC Report

Play by Play Video Coverage as Distracted Driver Goes to Jail

Distracted Driving Program for College Students Being Developed by University of Colorado Students

Florida Teens Design Wins the US DOT Distracted Driving Design Contest

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