KLAS-TV 8 News Now – CBS Las Vegas, November 14, 2015 “One father is lacing up his shoes and using the Las Vegas Rock n Roll Marathon as a way to stop distracted driving after his daughter was killed….” Click here or on the photos to watch the news story.
Through the generosity of The Original Inside Pocket Company, The Casey Feldman Foundation will receive 5% of the profits on pre-orders of luxury hoodies and fleeces in an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that launches on November 12th. The inside pockets on the hoodies and fleeces store mobile devices while users drive, bike or walk, reducing the temptation to make or receive texts or calls [….]
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — “Distracted driving kills nine people every day and injures another 1,100, according to the CDC. Experts say it’s a growing problem.…’My daughter Casey was killed by a distracted driver,’ Joel Feldman [EndDD.org] tells a 10th grade class at Marple Newtown High School. Twenty-one-year-old Casey was hit by a 58 year-old man who was distracted by his GPS….” Watch the TV News Clip.
Teen soul performer Riley Biederer from NBC’s The Voice (grabbed by Gwen Stephani on 10-19-2015) aims to get the attention of other teens in this distracted driving PSA recorded for EndDD.org
Published in Competitor Magazine -“Joel Feldman crossed the finish line at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon last month and began sobbing. They were not tears of joy. Feldman was mourning the death of his 21-year-old daughter, Casey, who will never walk down a wedding aisle, never give him grandchildren, who cannot wrap her arms around her father and say, “I love you, Dad.”… Joel, who will run the Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon on Oct. 31 near his hometown [….]
So you only text when stopped at traffic lights, thinking if you are stopped, it has to be safe. You text and then before the light turns green you stop texting. As long as you are looking at the road and not at your phone when you begin to move it has to be safe, right ? According to researchers at the University of Utah the answer is an unequivocal “no.” [….]
Hundreds of thousands of youth conducted the world’s largest, youth-led science experiment as part of 4-H National Youth Science Day (4-H NYSD. The “Motion Commotion” experiment challenged youth to explore the physical and human factors of motion in distracted driving [….]
Since 83% of parents suveyed buy a used vehicle for their teen as opposed to a new one, the Insurance Insitute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has compiled a list of used vehicles that meet important safety criteria for teen drivers. There are two tiers of recommended vehicles, best choices and good choices in the $3,000
Are you going to be in or around Philadelphia on October 31st? Do you run (and/or walk) and would you like to do so with the EndDD.org team to End Distracted Driving? Live rock-n-roll music, refreshments and cheering crowds will inspire you along the Rock-n-Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon (#RnRPhilly) course through historic Philadelphia and the beautiful Kelly and Martin Luther King Drives beside the Schuylkill River [….]
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