“This external link will open in a new window” href=”https://www.research.chop.edu” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at CHOP have been analyzing factors associated with teen crashes,
Turning Adversity Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation has announced the winners of the The National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS)
Lela Jacobson, PhD Behavioral Scientist Center for Injury Research and Prevention The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia In addition to encouraging and persuading current drivers to stop driving while distracted, another important window of opportunity to end distracted driving is to educate learner drivers so that they never begin to drive distracted.
With Distracted Driving Awareness Month wrapped up, a number of surveys and statistics are beginning to roll in from the various campaigns that took place in April. One of the more staggering figures comes from a recent survey conducted by AT&T aimed at figuring out the current impact that teens have on distracted driving cases.
by Joel D. Feldman New York state was one of the earliest states to enact laws restricting motorists’ cell phone use. Using a hand held device while driving would result in a citation if the vehicle was pulled over for another reason. On July 14th New York took another major step to protect its residents, particularly
by Joel D. Feldman The Governor’s Highway Safety Association(GHSA) released its summary of distracted driving research after considering more than 350 scientific papers published between 2000-2011. The results for the most part were not surprising, confirming: distractions play a major role in crashes drivers can be distracted up to half the time they are driving
Written by Joel Feldman Recognizing that distracted driving is a threat to world-wide health, Disney-Pixar, in connection with NHTSA, has produced a public service video, Only the Bad Guys, that will introduce children to the dangers of distracted driving. The intention is to teach safe driving behaviors long before kids ever begin to drive. Kids
Today was a turning point in the battle to combat a growing epidemic of highway accidents and deaths. The United Nations, in cooperation with many countries across the world, launched the Decade of Action for Road Safety—a 10 year plan to reduce highway deaths by 5 million and injuries from highway accidents by 50 million.
By Grant Granger – New Westminster News Leader David McDonald was a tyke attending F.W. Howay elementary in New Westminster during the 1990s when he began experimenting with a video camera. He’d make improvisational films he admits weren’t that good, but he sure had fun making them. McDonald’s fascination with film is finally starting to
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