Faces of Distracted Driving: Casey Feldman, 21

On July 17, 2009, 21-year-old Casey Feldman was struck and killed by a distracted driver as she crossed the street in Ocean City, New Jersey.

To honor her memory, Casey's family and friends produced this video for the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Faces of Distracted Driving" series.

For more information, please visit www.distraction.gov. To share your story, upload a video to YouTube and email the link to faces@distraction.gov.

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• faces of distracted driving
• ocean city
• new jersey
• springfield
• pennsylvania
• casey feldman
• distracted driving
• fordham university

[AdrienneC2]

This is a powerful message told in a memorable way. Thanks to the people who shared their time and memories of Casey to bring the dangers of distracted driving to the public in an effective way.

[xchopp]

Good work USDOT (you know that you can have active URLs in the info section, right?).

[Tubes12AX7k]

I live in the close-in suburbs of a large Northeast city and my morning commute is 45 minutes of stop-and-go, stop-and-go. I work long hours, and the people driving along side of me are always on their cell phones. It's not a good mix. I'm Very Much in favor of a larger, reliable, safe public transit system where tired people or distracted people can hop on and relax. If it was reliable enough, I'd take it.

[PConvictions]

This is what blows my mind when I saw a man playing a gameboy while driving on 35S from Austin. A few seconds at 45mph is like 50ft! People just don't realize it. 

[mmonheit]

@DOT, The Casey Feldman Foundation, Dianne and Joel, Thank you for sharing this video. It will save many lives, together with the web site you have created and enddd.org!