We see it practically every time we drive. Drivers looking at their phones to text, email, Snapchat, Tweet, access Facebook or Instagram, eat or watch videos. In 2009, then-Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood declared distracted driving a national epidemic and made fighting distracted driving a priority. That year was also the year my daughter, Casey, was killed by a distracted driver. Since then I have spent much of my professional time working to reduce distracted driving crashes through our nonprofit, EndDD.org (End Distracted driving).

So, how have we done in reducing distracted driving crashes since 2009?

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