“Memorial Day Road Safety-Erie Insurance Survey Results Provide Tips for Passengers to Speak Up When Their Drivers are Distracted” “Erie Insurance Survey Reveals Memorial Day Road Safety: Empowering Passengers to Speak Up Against Driver Distractions” As Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the summer road trip season, a recent national survey commissioned by Erie Insurance
In June, Amanda Peacock will join 29 others from around the state to compete in the Miss New Jersey contest. Her motivation? The pageant has changed over the years, says Peacock, now competing for the 4th time, and in her 10th year of involvement with the Miss America organization. Pageantry is no longer a question
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
EndDD.org, a national organization established to campaign against distracted driving practices, has announced the first annual Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting. The award was established by The Casey Feldman Foundation and the journalism department of the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication, and Information. The intention of the award, to be
National Passenger Safety Week: “When passengers choose to speak up, we will be most effective if we do so in a non-confrontational manner.” Laura Oldfather In 2010, Joel Feldman, founder of EndDD, produced a short video in which a deadly traffic accident is avoided because a passenger speaks up. “Dad,” says the daughter who is
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
1st annual DNDWD Day was October 20, 2022 and is scheduled annually on the 3rd Thursday in October. Distracted driving continues to be a terrible problem on our roads. We are still killing about 3,000 of us each year and injuring another 400,000. Plus, since distracted driving crashes are vastly underreported, the actual numbers are
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
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