About EndDD
EndDD.org is a project of the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation, which was founded in 2009 by Casey’s parents, Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson. Twenty-one year- old Casey Feldman was struck and killed by a distracted driver in July, 2009 in Ocean City, NJ. She was crossing the street in a crosswalk during daylight hours at an intersection governed by 4-way stop signs. She was ¾ of the way across the street, yet the driver claimed that he never saw her. He was distracted and was looking away from the road and reaching for an object.
The Problem –
- 37,461 lives were lost on U.S. roads in 2016, an increase of 5.6% from 2015 (data not yet available for 2017) NHTSA
- 10% of fatal crashes and 15% of injury crashes in 2015 were distraction-affected. NHTSA . (The NSC estimates that cell phone related crashes alone accounted for 27% of 2015 car crashes – let alone other distractions)
- In 2015, there were 3,477 people killed and an estimated additional 391,000 injured in crashes involving distracted drivers NHTSA
- The fatal crash rate for teens is 3 times greater than for drivers age 20 and over (IIHS), with driver distraction responsible for more than 58% of teen crashes AAA Foundation
EndDD’s mission – to save lives from distracted driving through advocacy, education and action
EndDD has –
- Created science-based distracted driving presentations, when there were none
- Amassed a network of 500 speakers, the largest in the country
- Given talks to over 400,000 students nationwide, all without cost to schools
- Created a bystander intervention program to teach teens how to effectively speak up when driven distracted by others
- Provided educational materials for free, including safe driving agreements, quizzes and surveys
- Developed video public service announcements. View our most recent.
- Sponsored teen distracted driving video and meme contests.
- Designed presentations for parents to help them model distraction-free driving for their children
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