ADVISORY/AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to Release Study on Deadly High-Risk Drivers; AAA To Launch Nationwide Effort to Combat Dangerous Road Users

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WHAT:     The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety will release the 
          results of two new studies on unlicensed and dunk drivers.  
          Although these high-risk drivers are among the greatest 
          safety threat on the nation's highways, they often go 
          unidentified and unpunished. With over 17,000 people killed
          in alcohol related crashes and unlicensed drivers being
          responsible for over a fifth of all fatalities, AAA will 
          offer solutions to address the problem of these deadly road
          users.

WHO:      Peter Kissinger, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety 
           President and CEO
          Susan Pikrallidas, AAA Vice President for Public Affairs
          James H. Hedlund, Ph.D., Preusser Research Group, Inc.
                                        
WHEN:     Thursday, February 20
          10 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

WHERE:    National Press Club
          529 14th Street, NW, ZENGER ROOM
          Washington, D.C.
                    
CONTACT:  Mantill Williams:   202/942-2082
                              202/251-8350 (cell phone)
          Stephanie Faul:     202/638-5944 ext.4

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