Unsung Heroes in War on Drunk Driving to Receive National Honors

  WHAT:       To help kick off the December holiday season's National Drunk
              and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, the National Commission
              Against Drunk Driving (NCADD) will hold a special ceremony to
              honor unsung heroes from across the nation who are leaders in
              the fight against drunk driving and underage drinking.

  WHEN:       THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003, at 12:00 p.m.

  WHERE:      Army-Navy Club, 901 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC (17th
              between K and "Eye" Streets)

  WHO:        NCADD Chairman Robert Stempel and NCADD President John Moulden
              will preside over the awards luncheon where they will present
              the 2003 NCADD honors to:

              * Virginia Governor Mark Warner

              * Lt. David Falcinelli and Officer William Morrison,
                Montgomery County Department of Police, Rockville, MD

              * Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management (TEAM) Coalition
                (featuring professional sports leagues and arena/stadium
                operators), Arlington, VA

              * Robert Asher, Editorial Board, The Washington Post

              * Doris Aiken, Founder-President, Remove Intoxicated Drivers
                (RID), Schenectady, NY

              * Donna Carter, MADD South Carolina, Florence, SC (brother was
                killed in DUI crash)

              * Montana State Representative Kim Gillan, Billings, MT

              * Texas Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Section,
                (youth drinking and driving prevention program), Austin, TX

              * The State of North Carolina

              * Clark County (Nevada) District Attorney's Vehicular Crimes
                Unit, Las Vegas, NV

              * Night Riders, Inc. (sober driver service), Boulder, CO

              * Herb M. Simpson, Ph.D., a pioneering DWI researcher who is
                President and CEO of the Traffic Injury Research Foundation,
                Ottawa, Canada

The NCADD (www.ncadd.com) is the successor to the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. The mission of NCADD is to continue the efforts of the Presidential Commission to reduce impaired driving and its tragic consequences by uniting a broadly based coalition of public and private sector organizations and other concerned individuals who share this common purpose. NCADD is sponsoring the 2003 awards event in partnership with Farmers Insurance Group.

CONTACTS: Bill Bronrott, +1-301-652-6016, +1-202-270-4415, for the National Commission Against Drunk Driving; or John Moulden of the National Commission Against Drunk Driving, +1-240-247-6004, +1-301-213-8900.

PRNewswire -- Dec. 1