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03
Apr

How Can We Keep Our EMS safe?

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

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel arrive at crash scenes to save lives. They know firsthand the devastation that comes from inattentive driving. Too often, they become victims on the road while working at crash scenes by other drivers. And sometimes, as a result of their own distracted driving, they and their patients being transported are injured or killed. NHSTA estimates that there are 4500 ambulance crashes annually. The safety of EMS personnel was the focus of the 41st Annual Western PA Emergency Medical Service Institute held at Seven Springs Resort [ ….]

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02
Apr

Vlogging: Just Another Unnecessary Distraction

by End Distracted Driving | Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD Featured Articles

Everyone knows the dangers of texting while driving. An average text consumes about five seconds of a driver’s attention and at 55 mph, a driver can travel the length of a football field without even looking at the road. But there is less attention paid to the phenomenon of #VloggingWhileDriving which is made ‘easy’ with smartphone applications, like SnapChat. This ‘video blogging’ while driving craze is anything but new. It has been around almost as long as YouTube itself. A simple Google search will show more than 1 million hits of drivers vlogging [….]

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30
Mar

5K to Benefit EndDD.org Scheduled for April 26, 2015 in West Chester – Register, Volunteer or Donate

by Dianne Anderson | EndDD in the News

The West Chester University Alpha Epsilon Chapter of the national honors fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi, will be hosting a 5K walk/run on Sunday, April 26, 2015 as its annual fundraiser for the Casey Feldman Foundation (sponsor of EndDD.org – End Distracted Driving). Since April is also Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Casey was killed by a distracted driver, the fraternity also hopes to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving through their race [….]

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29
Mar

NTSB to Host Multi-Modal Roundtable, “Disconnect from Deadly Distractions” – Open to the Public

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

On Tuesday, March 31st, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be holding its first muilti-model roundtable discussion,”Disconnect From Deadly Distractions” in its offices in Washington, D.C. The roundtable will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., is open to the public and will also be webcast live. Some 40 different modal experts, researchers, advocates, educators, industry, and others will share knowledge and experiences in their disciplines, and discuss innovative solutions aimed at reducing deaths and injuries due to distraction. From 11:05 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EndDD’s Joel Feldman will be among the speakers discussing [….]

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25
Mar

AAJ Law School Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) Issue – Cognitive Distraction Behind the Wheel

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

The 2015 AAJ Law School Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) was written by EndDD.org’s Joel Feldman and Larry Coben of Anapol Schwartz. STAC is the largest mock trial advocacy competition in the country with more than 150 law schools competing. This year’s case is a products liability action against a car manufacturer whose new vehicles contained

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25
Mar

AAA Study: Distracted Driving May be Involved in More Teen Crashes Than Previously Thought – 58% Caused by Driver Distraction

by Joel Feldman | Distracted Driving Research, Distracted Driving Updates, EndDD Featured Articles

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the results from its most recent distracted driving study and the results are troubling. Quantifying the extent of the distracted driving problem has been difficult. There is no blood test for distracted driving and many folks just don’t admit they were distracted at the time of a crash.

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23
Mar

Acadia Parish Choices 2015

by Dianne Anderson | EndDD Featured Articles, EndDD in the News

The Acadia Parish community has been working hard to carry the distracted, drunk and drugged driving awareness issue to teens in high schools in Louisiana through their “Choices” program. This year’s annual 3- day event just concluded this weekend, with the highlight, the filming of a mock crash, the events leading up to it and

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03
Mar

Lessons learned in the Face of Tragedy

by Joel Feldman | EndDD Featured Articles

When tragedy strikes, losing a child or contemplating one’s likely untimely death, we are caused to think about life differently… I have been thinking how I have been able, as I continue to mourn the loss of my daughter, Casey, to be grateful for so many things – the 21 years I had with Casey, all those who love me and who I love and my client, for teaching me about how we can choose to look at what we have and not what we have lost. [….]

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