On May 30, 2007, 16-year-old Cady Reynolds was driving her best friend home from a movie near Omaha, NE when another 16-year-old driver was distracted and ran a red light, slamming into Cady’s car at 50MPH. Cady was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries and died the next day. Cady was a 16-year old
End Distracted Driving (EndDD.org) is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2017 SADD National Distracted Driving Video and Meme Contest. The awe-inspiring number of entries and their powerful messages have proven that teens truly have the power to keep their friends safe through caring, speaking up and creating positive peer pressure. Students from 18 states submitted more than 170 individual entries. Many of the projects submitted were created as a group effort, tallying the number of student participants to more than 500.
A crash involving the Harty family in 2002 in Georgia tore off the entire side of their van. 5 year-old Madison Harty had to endure 6 surgeries following the crash to put her arm back together. A booster seat saved her life. Madison’s mom, Jenny went on a mission get Madison’s Booster Seat Law passed in GA [….]
Wisconsin, Like Many States, Sees Uptick In Distracted Driving Deaths By Kate Archer Kent, Originally Published on Wisconsin Public Radio News Wisconsin has cut drunk driving deaths in half over a decade, but deaths due to distracted driving are on the rise. In Wisconsin, there were 113 deaths from distracted driving last year, a 10 percent
On November 10, 2009, 17-year-old Alex Brown was killed when she crashed her truck on a rural road while she was on her way to school. She was carrying on text messaging to 4 different friends at the time of the crash, traveling at 70 mph and was not wearing a seat belt. Alex was
The 2017 SADD “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Distracted” National Video and Meme/GIF Contest Traffic fatalities are increasing across the country and crashes caused by distracted driving are increasing faster than those caused by drunk driving, speeding and failing to wear seat belts. Clearly we need to do something about it now. As a society
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – A father has turned his life’s work into educating people about the dangers of distracted driving after his daughter was killed in an accident blamed on the practice. “I’m tired of looking at the anguish in a mom’s face when she says, ‘remember my dead daughter, remember my dead son,’” said Joel Feldman,
Fall has officially begun—leaves are changing color, people are breaking out their winter clothes and teens across the country are gearing up for their upcoming break from school. Many teens and young adults will be spending their time off traveling, either headed back home from college or just simply hanging out with friends. With all
Ashley LeeAnn Johnson 16, from Arden, NC dropped a friend off at school and was on her way to work as a tutor. She lost control of her car and crossed the center line of the roadway, striking a truck head-on. The police believe that Ashley was trying to retrieve a text message from
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