May 20, 2012
Resources
Greater Austin Crime Commission
The Greater Austin Crime Commission was formed in 1997 to support law enforcement, raise public awareness about crime prevention programs, and promote community anti-crime efforts.
Distraction.gov 
Distraction.gov was launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in January 2010 to end the dangerous practice of distracted driving on our nation's roadways.
FocusDriven
FocusDriven is a Texas-based advocacy group for victims of motor vehicle crashes involving drivers using cell phone that promotes awareness of the dangers of cell phone distracted driving by putting a human face on the disastrous impact of this behavior, in order to promote corresponding public policies, programs and personal responsibility.
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
TxDOT is committed to making travel as safe as possible for motorists on Texas roadways. Through community safety awareness campaigns, they strive to educate the public on what they can do to make travel safe for them and their families.
Texas Driving Concern
The Texas Driving Concern program for Texas employers is run by the National Safety Council with funding from the Texas Department of Transportation. Their goal is to bring resources to Texas employers and to reduce the impact of traffic crashes, on and off the job.
Stay Alive...Just Drive!
Stay Alive...Just Drive! is a traffic crash prevention, awareness, and education program aimed at curbing distracted driving and promoting safe driving. Originally launched as a grassroots campaign, SAJD has become a nationally recognized program with members and supporting agencies in 15 states.
Teens in the Driver Seat
Teens in the Driver Seat is America's first peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers. The TDS program focuses on the 5 major risks for teen drivers and assessments have shown risk awareness levels increasing by up to 200 percent among participants. Cell phone use at some TDS program schools has been shown to drop by 30 percent, and seat belt use has gone up by over 10 percent.
Capital MetroBlog
Capital MetroBlog is the place to discuss all things public transportation in Austin. The blog, hosted by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is regularly updated with transportation-related topics.
How We Drive
HowWeDrive.com is the companion blog to Tom Vanderbilt's New York Times bestselling book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do. The blog is updated frequently with traffic news and tips, as well as Vanderbilt's own ideas.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
iihs.org is the the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's website dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways. Its Highway Loss Data Institute shares and supports this mission through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.
Distracted Driving Glossary
The National Security Council compiled a great list of distracted driving terms and their meanings. If you have any questions about what a particular word might mean, then this is the resource for you.
http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distracted_Driving/Pages/TheAtoZofDD.aspx
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