Westchester Resident Jacy Good Praises Federal Board's Recommendation of End to Car Cell Phone Use

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White Plains Resident Jacy Good Praises Federal Board's Recommendation of End to Car Cell Phone Use 

Following the release of new recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board to ban all cell phone use while behind the wheel, national advocate, Jacy Good, praised their move as "responsible, common-sense, and life-saving."

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Good—a Pennsylvania native now living in White Plains, NY—has championed this issue since 2008, when she was victim to an accident caused by a distracted driver. Good survived the accident, en route to her Lancaster, PA home following her college graduation.

A distracted driver on his cell phone ran a red light, causing a tractor trailer to swerve and hit the Good's car—killing both her parents, Jay and Jean Good, and severely injuring Jacy.

"Five Seconds," said Good. "That is how long it takes to drive the distance of a football field going 55 miles per hour. Imagine doing that with a blindfold on? That is exactly what happens when people are distracted by cell phone use when driving."

Good, who is now a nationally recognized advocate for curbing distracted driving, was thrilled to see the NTSB recommendations.

"I am ecstatic to see that the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended a federal ban on all cell phone use while driving," said Good.

"More and more people are in agreement that it is the responsible, common-sense, and life-saving thing for our government to enact laws to protect drivers on the road from their biggest threat: distractions to their fellow drivers. My family suffered immensely because a driver couldn't put down his cell phone. No conversation, text, or email is worth another person's life. The NTSB recommendation is a long overdue step in the right direction, and our nation's people and lawmakers need to heed this common sense announcement and begin to take the steps toward eliminating these 100% preventable tragedies."

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Jacy Good speaks nationally about the dangers of distracted driving. She serves on the board of directors of FocusDriven: Advocates for Cell Free Roads and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, in People Magazine, in USA Today and has spoken at the United Nations, the US Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Capital, on NPR, and at Maria Shriver's Women's Conference 2010. Jacy is available for media appearances.