“So, I talked to my daughter this am at breakfast and told her that I went to this lecture last night and that from now on she will never see me text and drive and will never see a cell phone exposed in my car as my commitment to safe driving. My 6 year old answered, ‘O, yeah Daddy, I am going to believe that!?'” [….]
Several months ago when I agreed to do a distracted driving presentation at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, I must admit that I had some anxiety about it. I had never really known anyone who was deaf and knew nothing about the deaf culture; I wanted to make certain that I could do an effective presentation…Many in the deaf community will sign when they drive, in addition to looking at their cell phones [….].
[Canadian news piece, including audio & video clips of interview with Joel Feldman] Posted on October 29, 2014 by jason.bertrim, 104.3 Country “The Sault Police Service is hosting its 31st Annual Crime Prevention Seminar this week. The main speaker on Day 1 was Philadelphia lawyer Joel Feldman, who spoke to law enforcement officers and insurance
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 by: Darren Taylor “….Tragically, Feldman’s own daughter Casey was killed by a distracted driver in July 2009. She was 21 years old….Feldman, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, was a speaker at the 31st Annual Crime Prevention Seminar Wednesday, hosted by Sault Police and held at the Delta Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront Hotel. Feldman
Maria Glorioso and her father and law partner, Vince Glorioso, Jr., took time from their busy law practices to volunteer to talk with teens about distracted driving at Brother Martin High School in New Orleans. The event was organized by the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ) whose members have committed to speaking with teens
…. I never met Casey. But I stared at a large photograph of her earlier this month at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington, while her father, Joel spoke of her death — and what it is like as a parent to bury your child….Her father and I were among nine speakers sharing different moments from our lives as a part of the Vermont Association for Justice’s “Cornerstone Stories.” Feldman’s story was especially powerful, not simply because of the eloquence and honesty with which he shared every parent’s most devastating nightmare, but because of how he and his wife Dianne Anderson chose to go on living. And part of that path forward was the creation of the organization, “End Distracted Driving” (EndDD) ….
These words were spoken by Col. Steven Flaherty, Supt. of the Virginia State Police, at the 2nd Annual Virginia Distracted Diving Summit, where EndDD’s Joel Feldman also spoke. Col. Flaherty was making the point that we would not text or call while participating in sports, but that we will often do so while driving. In our EndDD.org presentations we have used this 30 second video to make the same point [….]
“A man on a crusade to end distracted driving—after his 21-year-old daughter was struck and killed in a crosswalk by a driver adjusting his GPS in 2009—spoke with Emerson students September 9, asking to help spread awareness. “I’d love to see you guys out there communicating this message and making a difference,” said Joel Feldman,
It was a busy week for EndDD.org in Massachusetts – a filming of a PSA for WBZ-TV: Boston and presentations at BAMSI, Emerson College, Universal Technical Insitute […]
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