We Want Teens to Drive Safely and Give Their Moms the Best Gift Ever for Mother’s Day We asked hundreds of moms what they want for Mother’s Day and they responded overwhelmingly: “We Want Our Children to Promise to Make Safe Driving Choices, Including Driving Without Distraction.” In focus groups we asked teens what was
A groundbreaking investigation by the Kansas City Star finding that scores of motorists have been killed at unprotected rail crossings by oncoming trains in recent years has been named the top winner of the second annual Casey Feldman Transportation Safety Reporting Award. The report, by Judy L. Thomas, Laura Bauer and Kevin Hardy, found that
Even now, more than two years later, the terrible events of May 29, 2021, remain a painful blur for Laura Cutler. It was on that day that her father, Carl Cutler, a retired investment banker from the Philadelphia area, was hit by a distracted driver while biking near his home in Vero Beach Florida. Tragically,
“Don’t break your mother’s heart.” Thank you to our great sponsor Honda for supporting our efforts to keep teens safe. This PSA, “Don’t break your mother’s heart,” asks teens to think about their families when making choices about driving, especially their moms. Teens know mom would never recover if they were killed in a crash.
Christmas and New Year’s day are a time of joy and celebration, but the holidays also bring heightened risks on the highway. According to a new analysis of traffic patterns and driver behavior, Christmas and New Year’s day are the most distracted driving days of the year. Christmas also is the day when drivers are
Saving Smartphone App to Curb Distracted Driving strong>End Distracted Driving (EndDD) and the National Distracted Driving Coalition (NDDC) are urging drivers to “set it and forget it” for the second annual National Do Not Disturb While Driving Day on Thursday, October 19. “Turn this setting on and leave it on,” said Joel Feldman, founder of
Our 2023 45 second PSA was made possible with a generous grant from Honda Corporation. In focus groups teens often state that they would never want to devastate their mothers if they were killed in a crash. This PSA, “Keep Your Mother in Your Heart and Your Eyes on the Road,” reminds teens that they
EndDD.org, a project of the Casey Feldman Foundation, is pleased to announce that we are accepting entries until September 1, 2023 for the second annual Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting. The award recognizes outstanding work in the area of transportation safety journalism and honors Casey Feldman, a senior journalism student at Fordham University who was killed by a distracted driver in 2009.
Erie Insurance Survey Results Provide Tips for Passengers to Speak Up When Their Drivers are Distracted As Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the summer road trip season, a recent national survey commissioned by Erie Insurance has shed light on a compelling solution to tackle the dangerous issue of texting while driving. The survey
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