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04
Apr

Distracted Driving Awareness Month – A Look Backward Over The Last Year – 75,000 Teens and Counting

by Joel Feldman | Distracted Driving, EndDD Featured Articles

By Joel Feldman: April is National Distracted Driving Awareness month and I will be participating in events next week as Pennsylvania and Delaware join other states in announcing the adoption of distracted driving awareness initiatives for April. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to personally speak with more than 10,000 teens and adults over the last year as part of The Casey Feldman Foundation’s EndDD.org program.

01
Apr

New Jersey Hears EndDD Distracted Driving Message

by Dianne Anderson | EndDD in the News

Some 2200 NJ high school teens have participated in the EndDD distracted driving presentation over the last few weeks. Traffic safety professionals also…. Student gets Mayor to declare Distracted Driving Awareness Day. Read the article, view the photos and watch the TV news coverage.

29
Mar

Casey’s Friend, Brooke Burdge, Shares Her Story with Local NJ Teens in Distracted Driving Presentation

by Dianne Anderson | EndDD in the News

… I went on to Fordham University, where I made a great friend named Casey. This is the moment where I showed the students a slide with photos of Casey and myself throughout our time together, as well as two Facebook wall posts from Casey. In this moment, the audience realized my direct connection to this cause and the root of my passion for this issue.

23
Mar

Painting your toe nails while driving? Putting in contact lenses? Colorado teens speak up as statewide organization joins the EndDD effort

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

Joel Feldman holds a picture of his daughter, Casey, while he discusses the dangers of distracted driving during a driver education class at Longmont High School in CO.

20
Mar

Release of “Just a Few Seconds” EndDD Video

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

“I wasn’t texting, I wasn’t using my cell phone, but I still killed someone”, says 17 year old Kate McGuire in the new PSA video produced by Casey’s father, Joel Feldman, now incorporated into the EndDD distracted driving presentation. This is one of the first distracted driving videos which features both the driver and the victim’s family. Kate, a senior in high school, describes how her selfish act killed a 61 year old man who was about to become a grandfather for the first time. Emily, the daughter of the man who was killed talks about how this senseless and preventable crash has affected her and her family.

16
Mar

New York State Trial Lawyers Launch Distracted Driving Partnership with EndDD.org

by End Distracted Driving | EndDD in the News

New York state teens are hearing the EndDD message

10
Mar

EndDD Campaign Initiated in Mass at State Capital; Gov Issues Proclamation; H.S. Students Hear Presentation; TV News Coverage

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

The EndDD campaign has been taken to Massachusetts and kicked off at the State Capital in a press conference

10
Mar

In Idaho: Moms Honor Daughters Killed by Distracted Driving – Join Forces to Save Lives

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

From opposite ends of the country, 21-year-old Casey Feldman and 18-year-old Kassy Kerfoot would never know their Moms would meet in Idaho to become allies in a life-saving campaign.

11
Apr

Montgomery County Commissioner Joins Distracted Driving Awareness Initiative