REMINDER/Auto Club, State Transportation Secretary to Unveil Holiday Drunk Driving Campaigns; Drunk Driving Statistics are Up, Goal is to Bring Them Back Down

    --Auto Club

WHO:                    Thomas McKernan, president and CEO, Auto Club,
                        Maria Contreras-Sweet, secretary of business, 
                        transportation and housing; Chief Jill Angel, 
                        California Highway Patrol.

WHAT:                   Drunk driving statistics are up in California 
                        for the first time in nearly two decades. Auto
                        Club to discuss who's driving up the 
                        statistics, new DUI broadcast campaign and 
                        Tipsy Tow service. Secretary Contreras-Sweet 
                        of the Business, Transportation and Housing 
                        Agency to unveil new Caltrans sign program
                        marking locations of DUI crashes; CHP to 
                        discuss holiday DUI activities.

WHERE:                  Auto Club headquarters, 2601 S. Figueroa, Los
                        Angeles

WHEN:                   10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 14, 2001


PICTURE POSSIBILITIES:  Unveiling of new roadside sign marking the
                        death of a Caltrans employee, video for Auto 
                        Club DUI broadcast campaign video (will also 
                        be included in media packets), cost of drunk
                        driving arrest graphic, tow trucks, 
                        CHP vehicles.