Wednesday, January 12, 2011

curb distracted driving

WMTV - NBC15 - Video wisconsin born teen, now a freshman at arizona state university, spearheads wiredsafety's distracted driving program - curb distracted driving. he and other teens from around the US who are wiredsafety's teenangels volunteers deliver presentations, host town meetings and help create awareness about the risks of driving distracted. Zach's next event, together with Franklin, Mass's teenangels and wiredteens, will be held Feb 2nd, at Dean College in Franklin, Mass. Nuance, the world's leading voice technology provider, will be sponsoring this town meeting. The distracted driving safety alliance, the first industry and trade association dedicated to distracted driving issues, has adopted Zach's program as its youth arm.
Zach first presented his research on distracted driving at the 9th wiredkids summit, held at the US Senate in DC, three years ago. recent updates on that research demonstrate that matters have gotten worse since then. His research will be presented at the first International Mobile Innovation, Safety and Best Practices Summit, NY March 16th - 17th. for more info, email Parry at parry@aftab.com