Distracted Driving Summit - (9/30/2009 - 10/1/2009)
SlideShow

The Legislation, Regulation, and Enforcement of Distracted Driving panel on October 1, 2009. (From left) Peter Rogoff – Administrator, Federal Transit Administration; John D’Amico – Representative, Illinois General Assembly; Bruce Starr – Senator, Oregon Senate and Executive Committee Member, National Conference of State Legislatures; Steve Farley – Representative, Arizona House of Representatives; Major David Salmon – Director, Traffic Services Division, New York State Police; and Vernon Betkey – Chairman, Governors Highway Safety Association and Director, Maryland Highway Safety Office.

Secretary LaHood meets members of the youth panel during the Distracted Driving Summit on October 1, 2009. (From left) Natalie Hayford, Secretary Ray LaHood, Nicole Meredith, and Reggie Shaw.

Secretary LaHood (right) meets with Haley Laughary (left) at the Distracted Driving Summit on October 1, 2009. Haley lost her father in a distracted driving accident in June.

Secretary LaHood (center) meets Steve Johnson of Illinois ABATE (left) and Greg Zaffke (right) at the Distracted Driving Summit on October 1, 2009.

Secretary LaHood meets representatives from TTYL, Inc., an organization based out of Parkland, FL that raises awareness amongst teens about the dangers of texting while driving. (From left) Danielle Levy, Josh Feinzig, Secretary Ray LaHood, Adam Feinzig, Max Spiegelman, and Justin Levy.

Ann Shoket, Editor-in-Chief at Seventeen Magazine, moderates a youth panel on the dangers of texting while driving on October 1, 2009 at the Distracted Driving Summit. (From left) Ann Shoket, Reggie Shaw, Nicole Meredith, and Natalie Hayford.

Reggie Shaw (right) shares the story of his distracted driving accident with Seventeen Magazine’s Ann Shoket (left) during the youth panel at the Distracted Driving Summit on October 1, 2009. Reggie caused a car crash in 2006 that claimed two lives because he was texting behind the wheel.