This document outlines strategies for effectively speaking up when witnessing distracted driving as a passenger. It discusses the three types of distraction: manual, visual, and cognitive. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 16-21 year olds, often due to excessive speed, lack of scanning, and driver distraction. Friends are often reluctant to speak up when being driven distracted by others. The document provides frameworks like the "AFS" approach to acknowledge the behavior, state your feelings, and offer a solution respectfully. It emphasizes sharing responsibility with the driver to arrive safely and offers examples of speaking up or helping in a non-accusatory way.

1. Presentation Version 2013-14 1.3
HOW TO EFFECTIVELY SPEAK UP WHEN
EXPERIENCING DISTRACTED DRIVING
Joel Feldman Esq., MS
Anapol Schwartz
Philadelphia, PA
SADD National Conference
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2014
Friends Don’t Let Friends
Drive Distracted

2. Distracted Driving is:
Driving while engaged in any
activity that could divert a person's
attention away from the primary
task of driving.
(SOURCE: Distraction.gov / NHTSA)

3. Don’t Get Dead

4. · Manual
· Visual
· Cognitive
THERE ARE
THREE TYPES OF
DISTRACTION

5. Abbotsford Police Department Video

6. Just a Few Seconds

7. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES ARE
THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
FOR 16-21 YEAR OLDS
· Excessive speed
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia CIRP,
Teen Driver Source, April 2011
Majority of serious teen crashes are caused by
· Lack of scanning
· Driver distraction

8. Casey Feldman, 21

9. WHO WANTS TO
KEEP THEIR FRIENDS SAFE?
Who is willing to speak up when
friends drive distracted—even if it might
be a difficult conversation?

10. 18-24 YEAR OLDS
ARE LEAST LIKELY TO
SPEAK UP WHEN DRIVEN
DISTRACTED BY OTHERS
USDOT NHTSA
April 2012

11. SPEAKING UP WHEN
FRIENDS DRIVE DISTRACTED
· Pros of speaking up when friends drive distracted?
· Cons? Why might it be difficult to speak up?

12. GOALS:
Increase your comfort about speaking up
Adapted from Bacchus Network
Bystander Intervention, 2013
Increase your confidence that you will be
successful in helping your driver drive safer

13. WHO HAS EXPERIENCED
DISTRACTED DRIVING?
What have you seen as a passenger?
How did you feel being driven
by a distracted driver?

14. YOUR FEELINGS WHEN EXPERIENCING
DISTRACTED DRIVING INCLUDE
What have you seen as a passenger?
How did you feel being driven
by a distracted driver?

15. Two sides to
distracted driving

16. WHEN EXPERIENCING DISTRACTED
DRIVING YOU HAVE A CHOICE
Say nothing and hope you and
your friend arrive safely
OR
Speak up and share the responsibility
with your driver for arriving safely

17. WHY
DON’T
Because we care about each other
DRIVE DRUNK?
FRIENDS
LET FRIENDS
... AND DISTRACTED?

18. Even though it’s not illegal
it’s still dangerous
Bridgestone and Tosh Chambers, Harrisburg, PA.

19. “AFS” FRAMEWORK FOR
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION
A Acknowledge the behavior
F State your feelings about the behavior
S Solve the problem by offering a solution

20. “I see that you are having trouble staying in your
lane while texting”
ACKNOWLEDGE THE BEHAVIOR IN
A FACTUAL NON-EMOTIONAL
MANNER IF YOU CAN
“I see you are steering with your knees because
your hands are full”

21. STATE YOUR FEELINGS
USING “I” STATEMENTS
Avoid being accusatory (“your driving is …”)
“I am a little nervous when you text”
“It scares me when the car goes over
the center line”

22. SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY
OFFERING A SOLUTION
Share Responsibility with the Driver
“Let me send that text for you”
“We are not in a hurry-pull over so you
can use your hands to eat”
“I can answer the phone”

23. LET’S PRACTICE

24. IT STARTS WITH YOU—CHANGE
THE WAY YOU DRIVE
Change the way others drive

25. Taking Action to Drive Safer
The Family Safe
Driving Agreement

26. YES I CAN
Drive without sending or receiving texts.
Call/text before I start driving to let parents,
friends and others know when I’ll arrive.
Pull over to a safe location to check texts or listen
to voice mail.
Deputize my passenger when I am driving to text
or make calls for me.

27. Pull over to a safe location or wait until I am
finished driving to eat or apply make-up.
YES I CAN
Stop texting, or end phone conversations with
others once I learn they are driving.
Wait to text or call others until they have
stopped driving.
When alone, turn my cell phone off or on vibrate
before starting to drive.

28. Pull over to a safe location or wait until I am
finished driving to adjust music, change CD’s,
check Facebook, surf the internet, scroll through
I-Pods, I -phones or similar devices.
YES I CAN
When being driven by a distracted driver ask the
driver to drive safer.
As a passenger share the responsibility for arriving
safely with my driver and offer help so my driver
does not drive distracted.

29. Stay Informed. Educate Others.
Do YOUR part to help
End Distracted Driving.
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