Personal injury attorney Joel Feldman shares how losing his daughter Casey to a distracted driver inspired him to create End Distracted Driving, an organization that has educated over 535,000 students. This powerful conversation reveals the true cost of distracted driving and offers practical solutions for creating safer roads for everyone.
Episode Summary
In this powerful episode of Driving Change, Travis Patterson sits down with Joel Feldman, a personal injury attorney whose life changed forever when his 21-year-old daughter, Casey, was killed by a distracted driver in 2009.
Rather than letting tragedy define him, Joel channeled his grief into founding End Distracted Driving (EndDD.org), an organization that has educated over 535,000 students about the dangers of distracted driving. Through evidence-based presentations developed with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Joel and his network of volunteers are challenging the status quo and creating a new generation of mindful drivers.
This conversation tackles everything from the shocking statistics behind distracted driving fatalities—to practical strategies for speaking up when someone's driving puts you at risk.
Resources
● https://www.enddd.org/ (End Distracted Driving)
● https://www.life360.com/ (The Life 360 App)
● https://usnddc.org/ (U.S. National Distracted Driving Coalition)
● https://drivedifferent.com/smith5keys/ (The Smith5Keys®)
● https://www.amazon.com/Sams-Trip-Beach-intervention-distracted-ebook/dp/B0C5F6F6RW (Sam's Trip to the Beach Book)
