State, Local Officials Declare April Distracted Driving Awareness Month

At the urging of the and Casey’s Feldman father, Joel D. Feldman, local and state officials established April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. 

Casey’s parents, and , were on hand at the county commissioners meetings in Delaware and Montgomery counties to speak and were presented with copies of the resolutions.

“We all have to make a decision as to how we will drive,” Joel Feldman said. “Will we continue to take chances, continue to multitask and continue to drive selfishly, or will we decide that driving distracted can never be worth the risk?

“It took my daughter’s death for me to change the way I drive. It should not take personal tragedies for all of us to change the way we drive.”

Joel has been speaking to high school students over the past month and continues to do so virtually every day, rushing off after the Delaware County Council meeting to speak at Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont.

“The students are so receptive," Joel said. “The students realize that this is not just a teen problem. Not only are they willing to eliminate distractions while driving, they are willing to talk to their parents and encourage them to do so as well.

“The bottom line is that we would like something good to become of Casey’s death,” said Dianne Anderson, Casey’s mother. “If we can prevent this from happening to another person, then we have accomplished something in Casey’s name and memory. It gives us gratification to know that Casey’s death would not have been in vain.”

Learn more at www.caseyfeldmanfoundation.org