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11
Oct

Joel Feldman, EndDD Founder, Receives 2013 American Association for Justice (AAJ) Pro Bono Award for Work In Distracted Driving

  Joel Feldman, EndDD.org founder, was awarded the American Association for Justice (AAJ) 2013 Pro Bono Award by AAJ president Mary Alice McClarty for his work to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. Also receiving an award was Jeff Weinstein of Texas, who has undertaken the EndDD program and has volunteered his time

11
Oct

Drive safe and win!

State Farm has teamed up with Kelly Clarkson as part of it’s Celebrate My Drive program which promotes safe driving among teens. The Celebrate My Drive program is encouraging teens to make positive choices as they start driving and to get involved in the program and their school and community could win two (2) grand

11
Oct

VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE BLOG DRAFT- Fatigue

Distracted driving usually brings images of drivers texting, talking, or tapping a smart phone or other device, not nodding off. Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, however, are telling us fatigue is the leading cause of distracted driving crashes and near-crashes, and these tired-driver crashes are happening ten times more often than was estimated

11
Oct

Stop Walking While Distracted

  While distracted driving, particularly involving cell phone use, has become a nationwide if not international issue, distracted walking has received less focus. Yet we know that with the number of people driving distracted today, it is all the more important that pedestrians exercise the utmost of safety while walking and especially when crossing streets.

06
Oct

Technically Almost Legal: Driving distractions like these should be avoided—even though they are legal

Chambers said he was inspired by recent laws on texting and driving and wanted to highlight other activities that are equally as dangerous but have not received the same attention. “Technically Almost Legal” is currently being used as part of the Student Awareness Initiative. This video is used to make the point that even if we follow applicable laws (prohibiting texting and hand held cell phone use depending on the jurisdiction) we can still be distracted. And even if something is not illegal it can be dangerous.