April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation, EndDD.org, and 60 For Safety have coordinated efforts to develop a program for high school students that will be used by 850 speakers, presenting to 25,000 students across North America in April and May. One part of the presentation is to describe the
Last year, T-Mobile announced an optional new service that would automatically disable alerts and send all calls to voicemail if a cell phone is in a moving car. At that time, we expected other carriers would follow with similar innovations. Surprise! Many other technology companies have moved into this area over the last 12 months
The Department of Transportation says that “Driver distraction could present a serious and potentially deadly danger. In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving… While these numbers are significant, they may not state the true
A report from the Governors Highway Safety Association pointed out an alarming trend: There’s an increase in pedestrian fatalities during the first six months of 2010, reversing the general trend in pedestrian deaths over four years and a sharp contrast to an overall drop in traffic fatalities. Bicycling, too, has become dangerous. In 2019 there
The U.S. Department of Transportation notes that using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver’s reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration estimates that 16 percent of fatal crashes and fatalities — and
If you’re a driver, you are responsible for operating a piece of machinery with enormous kinetic energy. Most of us were very aware of that responsibility when we first got our licenses to drive. Over the years, as driving became more routine, we relaxed. As adults, we didn’t have a second thought about reaching over
The first week of July is typically one of the busiest American travel periods of the year, as many people utilize the holiday for extended vacation trips. It is also one of the deadliest. Fourth of July images inspire fireworks, parades, picnics and barbecues, red/white/and blue, concerts, and baseball games. What about safe driving? Last
Enddd.org aims to promote education about distracted driving to people of all ages. We have seen dramatic and positive results when sharing information about the importance of driving without distraction and believe that by focusing campaigns on the very young, we can change the future by slashing the frightening statistics, such as the fact that
We all know that it’s illegal, in most places, to text and / or talk on a cell phone while driving. Distracted driving causes accidents and in some cases, it even kills. Texting, talking on the phone, and doing other activities while driving a vehicle causes serious accidents to the tune of thousands of lives
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