The social media companies finally agreed to launch those essential safety warnings for drivers. I keep thinking about how much safer our roads will be because you decided to back this cause. I will be watching closely to ensure these features remain a permanent part of the digital experience.
July 14, 2016
Distracted Driving: Encourage Social Media Companies To Help End This Epidemic
Final supporters
Distracted driving kills more than 3,000 people and injures over 430,000 people each year and those numbers are growing. http://www.distraction.gov/stats-research-laws/facts-and-statistics.html
What's making the problem worse: people who use social media apps while driving. This affects every single driver and their loved ones. What can we do about it? Plenty!
Have you ever noticed when you open up Facebook they will have a message at the top such as "Happy 4th of July!"? We want all social media companies to have a message that says “Don’t use our app while driving”. By social media we mean Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Kik, WhatsApp, Instagram, Periscope, Vine, and Waze. With billions of users across the globe, social media companies are in a position to make a real difference in making our roads safer.
The Partnership for Distraction-Free Driving, made up of the National Safety Council, Safe Roads Alliance, Hang Up and Drive, We Save Lives, EndDD.org, Conor Lynch Foundation, Lifesaver App, Shreya Dixit Foundation, leading researchers at University of Utah and University of Kansas and many other advocates, has launched a petition drive to encourage social media companies to do the following:
- Implement a warning screen upon opening app, if driving. A recent intervention by Waze is an excellent example. (i.e. Waze: message pops up saying “Typing is disabled while driving. Please try again when stopped!”)
- Issue a public statement that they do not condone the use of social media while driving.
- Partner with highway safety advocates and develop a responsible public policy that would discourage the use of using social media while driving.
These companies have revolutionized the way we communicate by continuously evolving to meet our ‘wants’. Let’s come together as one and express that this ‘want’ is worth their time and effort too!
Please sign our petition and show that you support our goal of creating a safer driving environment for all. Our goal - 10,000 signatures by May 31st.
Click the link below to find out more information about our Partnership. Please like our page if you agree with our mission!
https://www.facebook.com/partnershipfordistraction
After signing, you will be asked if you would like to make a donation. Please note that this would go towards the running of the iPetitions platform, not the PDFD. We are not seeking, nor are we accepting, any donations at this time! Thank you.
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Reached 500 supporters
May 4, 2016
May 2, 2016
I lost someone I loved because of a driver looking at their phone and I refuse to let these apps keep putting our families at risk. If each person reading this sends the link to just three people we will break through the five hundred mark today. Let's force these tech giants to finally pay attention to the blood on our roads.
April 27, 2016
One hundred people have signed this in just a few days. Seeing this number grow feels like we are finally acknowledging the danger that took so much away from my family.
Reached 100 supporters
April 27, 2016
205 Comments
EVERY ONE of the social media apps needs to implement WAZE's "typing disabled while driving" feature. That would be a good first step toward eliminating what has become a life endangering epidemic! SAFETY FIRST!
My sister and her best friend were murdered by a 21 year old driver that was posing for a selfie that her passenger was taking. The killers ran into the back of my sisters stopped car at 76 MPH only because the killers chose to disregard the safety of others.
As a road cyclist, I am at particular risk from distracted driving; as a driver, I feel it is my duty to pay attention to the road and to look out for the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and my fellow motorist. Let's bring back that bumper sticker that said "Careful driving is a civic duty."
As a cyclist, I have observed up to one in three drivers texting during my daily commute. This has included drivers of massive heavy good vehicles. Laws and moral coercion alone won't stop this behavior. There must be an engineering solution as well.
Too many car crashes are caused by drivers distracted by their mobile phones. I'm tired of reading about drivers who had posted to Twitter/Facebook/Instagram just seconds before crashing. Help reduce distracted driving!
I will be following the rules and makes awareness to the more and more people about the traffic & road safety rules.
Ban this NOW!
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The social media companies finally agreed to launch those essential safety warnings for drivers. I keep thinking about how much safer our roads will be because you decided to back this cause. I will be watching closely to ensure these features remain a permanent part of the digital experience.
July 14, 2016
Distracted Driving: Encourage Social Media Companies To Help End This Epidemic
Final supporters
Distracted driving kills more than 3,000 people and injures over 430,000 people each year and those numbers are growing. http://www.distraction.gov/stats-research-laws/facts-and-statistics.html
What's making the problem worse: people who use social media apps while driving. This affects every single driver and their loved ones. What can we do about it? Plenty!
Have you ever noticed when you open up Facebook they will have a message at the top such as "Happy 4th of July!"? We want all social media companies to have a message that says “Don’t use our app while driving”. By social media we mean Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Kik, WhatsApp, Instagram, Periscope, Vine, and Waze. With billions of users across the globe, social media companies are in a position to make a real difference in making our roads safer.
The Partnership for Distraction-Free Driving, made up of the National Safety Council, Safe Roads Alliance, Hang Up and Drive, We Save Lives, EndDD.org, Conor Lynch Foundation, Lifesaver App, Shreya Dixit Foundation, leading researchers at University of Utah and University of Kansas and many other advocates, has launched a petition drive to encourage social media companies to do the following:
- Implement a warning screen upon opening app, if driving. A recent intervention by Waze is an excellent example. (i.e. Waze: message pops up saying “Typing is disabled while driving. Please try again when stopped!”)
- Issue a public statement that they do not condone the use of social media while driving.
- Partner with highway safety advocates and develop a responsible public policy that would discourage the use of using social media while driving.
These companies have revolutionized the way we communicate by continuously evolving to meet our ‘wants’. Let’s come together as one and express that this ‘want’ is worth their time and effort too!
Please sign our petition and show that you support our goal of creating a safer driving environment for all. Our goal - 10,000 signatures by May 31st.
Click the link below to find out more information about our Partnership. Please like our page if you agree with our mission!
https://www.facebook.com/partnershipfordistraction
After signing, you will be asked if you would like to make a donation. Please note that this would go towards the running of the iPetitions platform, not the PDFD. We are not seeking, nor are we accepting, any donations at this time! Thank you.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 4, 2016
May 2, 2016
I lost someone I loved because of a driver looking at their phone and I refuse to let these apps keep putting our families at risk. If each person reading this sends the link to just three people we will break through the five hundred mark today. Let's force these tech giants to finally pay attention to the blood on our roads.
April 27, 2016
One hundred people have signed this in just a few days. Seeing this number grow feels like we are finally acknowledging the danger that took so much away from my family.
Reached 100 supporters
April 27, 2016
205 Comments
I walk along roads with no sidewalks. Frequently, I must step to my left, as a car begins to drift toward me; the drivers often have a phone at their ear, or in one hand as they steer. I cannot enjoy the walk, the trees or the sky...I must watch for the distraced driver who may kill me.
EVERY ONE of the social media apps needs to implement WAZE's "typing disabled while driving" feature. That would be a good first step toward eliminating what has become a life endangering epidemic! SAFETY FIRST!
My sister and her best friend were murdered by a 21 year old driver that was posing for a selfie that her passenger was taking. The killers ran into the back of my sisters stopped car at 76 MPH only because the killers chose to disregard the safety of others.
As a road cyclist, I am at particular risk from distracted driving; as a driver, I feel it is my duty to pay attention to the road and to look out for the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and my fellow motorist. Let's bring back that bumper sticker that said "Careful driving is a civic duty."
As a cyclist, I have observed up to one in three drivers texting during my daily commute. This has included drivers of massive heavy good vehicles. Laws and moral coercion alone won't stop this behavior. There must be an engineering solution as well.
Too many car crashes are caused by drivers distracted by their mobile phones. I'm tired of reading about drivers who had posted to Twitter/Facebook/Instagram just seconds before crashing. Help reduce distracted driving!
I will be following the rules and makes awareness to the more and more people about the traffic & road safety rules.
Ban this NOW!
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I walk along roads with no sidewalks. Frequently, I must step to my left, as a car begins to drift toward me; the drivers often have a phone at their ear, or in one hand as they steer. I cannot enjoy the walk, the trees or the sky...I must watch for the distraced driver who may kill me.