VISION

To accelerate national efforts to implement effective interventions and encourage attentive driving by eliminating distractions.

MISSION

To promote innovative and collaborative approaches to create a traffic safety culture of attentive drivers.

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Latest News

Technological solutions could prevent driver distraction and related crashes WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 21, 2023— Existing and emerging technologies have great potential to reduce distracted driving, which contributes to thousands of deaths each year in the United States, according to a new National Distracted Driving Coalition (NDDC) report. “Many people…Continue reading “Latest News”

24Mar 20229 Feb 2023

Communicate the importance of collecting prevalence data to measure and track distracted driving.

Demonstrate data gaps and the impact of under-reporting of distracted driving incidents to emphasize the importance of good data to…

24Mar 202213 Apr 2022

Conduct a national survey to identify mechanisms to change driver behavior and barriers which impede behavior change.

This initiative is a foundation for a national education campaign. Solutions and messaging associated with an educational campaign should be…

24Mar 202213 Apr 2022

Develop educational messaging to increase awareness about the risks associated with handsfree technologies.

This initiative is important to increase awareness that handsfree phone use is not risk-free, and to communicate the limitations associated…

Testimonials

The NDDC represents a national effort to combat a critical problem on our highways – distracted driving. The Coalition’s members are committed to working collaboratively with drivers, state legislatures, industry, law enforcement, and education institutions to help everyone to understand that life is far more important than any call, text, message, chat, or game. No one is immune from a distracted driver.

Vice-Chairman Bruce Landsberg, National Transportation Safety Board

We know that doing this work is going to save lives. We’re doing it in honor of Mitchell. Mitchell always wanted to change the world and we’re hoping to change the world in his memory.

Steve Kiefer, The Kiefer Foundation

This issue is so large that we need everyone working together. We all have great ideas but we need each other to put them into action. This is a big problem and it’s going to take a big group to handle the issue.

Jennifer Smith, Stopdistractions.org

This is a complicated issue, it really requires a collaborative approach to ensure that we’re getting the message out, that we’re reaching the right audiences, and frankly that the message is the right message to deliver to these folks.

Tom Chapman, National Transportation Safety Board

We know that we can’t do this alone. We need more and more groups and individuals coming together to work on solving this issue of distracted driving.

Jane Terry, National Safety Council

While we all are working on this problem, we are not necessarily working together. So now is the time that we come together and really try to solve the problem together. With all of those voices at the same table and all those different perspectives, we’re hoping that we can make a much bigger impact on this problem.

Charlie Klauer, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Distracted driving affects us all. Partnerships across sectors allow us to share knowledge, optimize prevention strategies and reach much larger audiences to positively influence safer choices. The NDDC embodies the shared commitment to road safety that is essential to accelerate progress and safe more lives, faster.

Robyn Robertson, Traffic Injury Research Foundation

Distracted driving is a multi-faceted problem requiring a broad spectrum of solutions. The National Distracted Driving Coalition brings together experts and advocates to identify and promote those solutions.

David Zuby, Chief Research Officer, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The NDDC is developing an all-around approach to promote attentive driving. Google joined to collaborate with safety experts and share how technology can help achieve this goal. The output is aimed at helping people find solutions to driver distraction.

Greg Fitch, Safety Research, Google

We strongly believe in the importance of a holistic and diverse approach as we tackle the growing issue of distracted driving. This Coalition is a perfect start. We look forward to participating and contributing as we examine these various approaches.