DaimlerChrysler's GEM Electric Vehicles, Michigan State Police Team Up to Educate Teens on Effects of Alcohol on Driving

  *  State Police Program Uses GEMs and "Drink Busters" 
Goggles to Show What It's Like Behind the Wheel After Drinking
  *  Demonstration at Oakland County Traffic Safety Meeting

What: Demonstration of Michigan State Police EPIC program (Education & Prevention of Impaired Crashes), which uses DaimlerChrysler's GEM electric vehicles to educate teens about the risks of impaired driving.

  Who: Sgt. James Campbell, Michigan State Police
       Larry Oswald, President & CEO, Global Electric Motorcars (GEM)
       Frank Cardimen, CEO, Traffic Improvement Association of
        Oakland County

  When: 8 - 9:30 a.m., Monday, October 2, 2006

  Where: Traffic Improvement Association fall meeting
         Library Parking Lot
         Southfield Civic Center
         26000 Evergreen Road (1/2 mile south of I-696)
         Southfield, Mich.

Details: The Michigan State Police EPIC program (Education & Prevention of Impaired Crashes) has reached hundreds of Michigan teenagers to educate them about the risks of drinking and driving.

The program uses a GEM electric vehicle, produced by Global Electric Motorcars, a division of DaimlerChrysler, on a course laid out with safety cones. Drivers are outfitted with special "Drunk Busters" goggles which simulate the effects of being alcohol- or drug-impaired.

The result is a real life experience with the difficulty of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Other: You are invited to attend the TIA meeting, talk with Sgt. Campbell about the program and watch as area teens attempt to drive the course 'under the influence.'