By Zani Malik Distracted drivers. Just hearing those words sends a chill down your spine, doesn’t it? It’s not just a phrase; it’s a reality that can destroy lives in seconds. The mere thought of someone texting, eating, or fixing their makeup while behind the wheel is enough to make your blood boil. But sadly,
Startling findings from a recent survey conducted by Erie Insurance Group, a Fortune 500 Company based in Erie, Pennsylvania, have highlighted that despite the majority of states banning texting while driving, a shocking 27% of Americans still believe that it is considered socially acceptable to do so. Erie Insurance Group is committed to protecting its
The Casey Feldman Foundation/EndDD.org is excited to announce the Casey Feldman Award for Traffic Safety Reporting sponsored in conjunction with the University of Colorado College of Media, Communication and Information. The Award has been created to recognize and honor reporters whose work informs the public about traffic safety. Traffic deaths, including those caused by distracted
Despite the amplitude of warnings and cautionary billboards across U.S. highways that urge drivers to put down the phone while behind the wheel, a 2017 study found that 95.2% of surveyors who were young drivers participated in distracted driving behaviors. Today, distracted driving continues to pose a major threat to young people, as 16-19 year-olds are 3
How do we humans interact with the technologies we invent, like our cars and our cell phones? These are questions that have long interested Dr. Ian J. Reagan, senior research scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Since joining the Institute in 2012, Dr. Reagan has been looking into how our every day
There are no do-overs in life. Speak up when your driver drives distracted. You can save lives. When someone driving you is driving distracted, you do not have to sit back and feel unsafe. Distracted driving causes catastrophic injury and death. You aren’t guaranteed a do-over. Make sure you speak up and say something to
Philadelphia, PA – Meghana Jagarlamudi hosted End Distracted Driving (EndDD.org) founder Joel Feldman on A Distracted Driving Awareness Podcast on April 27, 2021. Jagarlamudi is a Girl Scout Ambassador, who, while achieving her Gold Award, is taking a closer look at distracted driving as a serious public health issue that affects everyone. On the podcast,
Since we began our mission to end distracted driving after the death of our daughter Casey, we’ve continually found that the way to be most impactful is to appeal to the groups of drivers who need the most change. What we learned early on is that while teen drivers are most at risk of being
In the wake of COVID-19, Joel Feldman of EndDD.org has been met with a new and unique challenge: With the inability to give in-person distracted driving presentations, Feldman has had to grapple with getting the safe driving message out while the majority of the country remains in quarantine. After losing his daughter, Casey, to a
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