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Auto Crashes Are the Number One Killer of Teens

              Safety Experts Outline Risks and Safe Driving
                 Guidelines at Launch of Road Ready Teens

          New Research on Video Games as Teaching Tool Revealed,
                            New Partners Named

  WHAT:     Chrysler Group and its partners will unveil the new Road Ready
            Teens' video game and guide for parents.  Road Ready Teens is a
            home-based safety initiative to help parents ease their teens
            into driving while exposing them to the risks they face on the
            road.  Recent research on the video game's effectiveness to
            teach teens safe driving practices, new program partners, and
            new details on the effort will be announced.  There also will be
            a video game demonstration.

            Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the National Safety
            Council are partners in the effort.

  WHO:      Dr. Dieter Zetsche, President and CEO, Chrysler Group
            Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D., Administrator, National Highway Traffic
             Safety Administration
            Alan McMillan, President and CEO, National Safety Council
            Wendy Hamilton, President, MADD
            Susan Pikrallidas, Vice President of Public Affairs, American
             Automobile Association (AAA)
            Alex St. John, CEO, WildTangent
            The Rowe family, whose teenage son will soon be a new driver

  WHEN:     10 a.m. EDT, Thursday, September 18, 2003

  WHERE:    National Press Club
            Ballroom (13th Floor)
            529 14th Street NW
            Washington, DC