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Joel Feldman, Esq., MS, Founder of EndDD.org(End Distracted Driving).
Father of Casey Anderson Feldman
Dianne Anderson, Esq. Mother of Casey Anderson Feldman
In memory of: Casey Anderson Feldman
Background:
Joel Feldman has been an attorney for more than 30 years and has a masters in counseling. Combining law and counseling he encourages attorneys to be more supportive and compassionate when representing those who have suffered life-altering injuries or those who have lost loved ones. After his daughter Casey’s death by a distracted driver he has become a leading traffic safety advocate, developing resources to promote safe driving used across the country. He is a frequent speaker at high schools, safety conferences and businesses and has personally spoken with more than 30,000 teens and adults about distracted driving.
Dianne Anderson is a retired attorney and co-founder of The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation. Dianne works on the multiple activities associated with the Foundation and its various websites and social media and is a frequent speaker at events associated with the Foundation and its mission. http://caseyfeldmanfoundation.org/ and http://enddd.org/
There are three aspects of the Foundation
- To promote traffic safety by reducing distracted driving
- Through scholarships, encourage high school and college students to volunteer in their communities and work with local non-profit organizations
- Protect animals
Outstanding daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend, student at Fordham University. aspiring broadcast journalist. Victim of Distracted Driving. July, 2009
Overview:
We will review how Casey died from being run over by a distracted driver in July of 2009 and how this experience led Joel Feldman and his wife, Diane Anderson as parents to tackle the issue of distracted driving. They have organized a program that has served to take their fear that their child would be forgotten and turn the tragedy into something positive that would create a legacy for her.
They have organized End Distracted Driving and tell the story of what this organization is doing to influence others.
Distracted Driving Program-End Distracted Driving(EndDD.org)
DD Program Emphasizes:
- Telling a sad story is not enough-we work with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and use science behind program to ensure positive outcomes.
- Distracted driving is something that all of us-not just teens do.
- Parents are role models and as such need to set the example.
Note to Parents: Parents-we love our children more than anything in the world, yet we drive distracted with them in the car. What have your children learned from watching you drive? If they have seen mom or dad drive distracted sit them down and tell them it is not safe, that you have decided not to drive distracted and enter into the EndDD.org Family Safe Driving Agreement.
- Minimization of risks and empowering each of us to drive safer
3 Key Points:
- It took losing our daughter for us to change the way we drive—It should not take personal tragedies for all of us to commit to driving safer
- There is “safe driving” and “lucky driving”-before Casey was killed we were “lucky drivers”-What kind of driver are you?
- Education is key and role modeling for others is a shared responsibility and will lead to prevention of accidents and death.
