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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 71
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To recognize April of 2014 as End Distracted Driving Awareness Month in the state of
Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the End Distracting Driving (EndDD) Student Awareness Initiative was
started by Joel Feldman and his wife Dianne Anderson, founders of the Casey Feldman
Memorial Foundation, in an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and
to emphasize the importance of focusing full attention on driving safely; and
WHEREAS, Joel Feldman dedicated himself to this cause to honor the memory of
his late daughter Casey Feldman, a 21-year-old, award-winning student journalist who was
a senior at Fordham University in New York City when she was killed by a distracted
motorist on July 17, 2009; and
WHEREAS, distracted driving kills more than three thousand three hundred people
and injures nearly four hundred thousand more each year; EndDD has actively targeted
audiences such as students with its Student Awareness Initiative geared to educate and
inform drivers about the safety crisis related to distracted driving, its costs, implications, and
often fatal consequences; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Association for Justice attorney members are joining
more than eight hundred fifty attorneys, judges, and safety advocates from the United States
and Canada, in pledging to give safety presentations on distracted driving to local high
schools, community groups, and civic organizations, with a goal to reach more than one
hundred thousand drivers and potential drivers each year; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana commends the commitment and
accomplishments of the EndDD awareness and educational campaigns initiated by Joel
Feldman and his wife, Dianne Anderson, as well as efforts by the Louisiana Association for
Justice, to bring this campaign to our local schools and communities, as the state strives to
make its roads safer for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 71
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WHEREAS, it is proper for the Legislature of Louisiana to commend Joel Feldman
and his wife, Dianne Anderson, as well as the Louisiana Association for Justice, for their
efforts to bring the EndDD Student Awareness Initiative to the state's local schools and
communities, as Louisiana strives to make its roads safer for drivers, passengers, and
pedestrians.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes the
month of April 2014 as "End Distracted Driving Awareness Month" and encourages all
citizens of the state to educate and inform drivers about the perils of distracted driving.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Joel Feldman, Dianne Anderson, and the Louisiana Association for Justice for
their efforts to improve highway safety.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Joel
Feldman and his wife, Dianne Anderson, and the Louisiana Association for Justice.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE