The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation will be sponsoring Slippery Rock University student, Alyssa Messett as she competes in the Miss USA Pennsylvania state pageant December 2nd through December 4th. Alyssa will be competing with Distracted Driving as her platform.
Casey Feldman was only 21 when she was killed at a crosswalk in Ocean City, NJ on July 17, 2009—a victim of distracted driving. Today, Casey’s parents, trial attorney Joel D. Feldman and Dianne Anderson of Springfield, come to terms with their loss by promoting safe driving through the charitable foundation they established in Casey’s
The Department of Transportation says that “Driver distraction could present a serious and potentially deadly danger. In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving… While these numbers are significant, they may not state the true
A report from the Governors Highway Safety Association pointed out an alarming trend: There’s an increase in pedestrian fatalities during the first six months of 2010, reversing the general trend in pedestrian deaths over four years and a sharp contrast to an overall drop in traffic fatalities. Bicycling, too, has become dangerous. In 2019 there
The U.S. Department of Transportation notes that using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver’s reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration estimates that 16 percent of fatal crashes and fatalities — and
If you’re a driver, you are responsible for operating a piece of machinery with enormous kinetic energy. Most of us were very aware of that responsibility when we first got our licenses to drive. Over the years, as driving became more routine, we relaxed. As adults, we didn’t have a second thought about reaching over
It’s time to put down that cell phone and concentrate on the task at hand. The annual Network ofEmployers for Traffic Safety (NETS) Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW) campaign is October 3-7, 20011. The campaign is designed to get employers to make road safety a company-wide initiative. This year’s slogan is “Getting there safely is
The annual Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW) campaign is October 3 – 7, 2011. The campaign is designed to get employers to make road safety a company wide initiative. This year’s slogan is “Getting there safely is everyone’s business.” Philadelphia law firm, Anapol Weiss announced brand new policies
Following investigation of a 2010 highway accident in Kentucky in which 11 people were killed the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended a total ban on all cell phone use by commercial drivers including hands-free use. The driver of the tractor trailer at fault for the accident was on his phone at the time of
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