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Free Consumer Safety Information from Drive Safer America!

21 October 1998

Free Consumer Safety Information from Drive Safer America!

              National Program's Internet Site/Toll-Free Number
         Puts Vital Safe Driving Information at Consumers' Fingertips

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 21 -- Leading automotive supplier
Continental Teves has launched the new Drive Safer America! web site, giving
consumers easy access to the latest traffic safety information, including
expert driving tips from Indy Car driver Lyn St. James.  By visiting
http://www.drivesaferamerica.com or calling 800-694-5200 consumers can also request a
free ABS instructional video and various Drive Safer America! informational
pamphlets be sent to them by mail.
    Visitors to the site will have online access to the Drive Safer America!
monthly newsletter archives which house a broad array of safety information
for drivers of all ages, including information on airbags, child safety seats
and the proper use of vehicle safety technologies, such as four-wheel anti-
lock brakes.  A schedule of upcoming events is available to those interested
in learning when the Drive Safer America! Skid Pad Challenge or ABS Roadshow
will be visiting their area.  Recent news releases and a history of the Drive
Safer America! campaign presents consumers with insight to the program and its
mission.
    Launched in February of 1997, Drive Safer America! is a consumer safety
and awareness program of Continental Teves, a leading supplier of automotive
brake, chassis and vehicle stability technologies to the world's automakers.