Allstate Challenges Indianapolis Teens with Distracted
Driving Course
NASCAR Driver Elliott Sadler to Give Teens Safe Driving Advice
WHAT: To help save teen lives, the Allstate Insurance Company is
bringing a distracted driving course to Indianapolis for local
teens to navigate. A select group of Indianapolis-area teens
will drive through the course, trying to avoid obstacles and
focus on the road, while learning first-hand the dangers of
distracted driving, including talking on the phone or eating
while driving.
Media are invited to experience the effects of distracted
driving. Interviews with professional driving instructors and
students also will be available.
WHEN: Thursday, July 23, 2009 from 1-3 p.m.
NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler will be available for interviews
from 2-3 p.m.
WHERE: Lucas Oil Stadium
500 South Capitol Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46225
(Enter stadium's South Parking Lot at Gate 7 on Capitol Avenue)
WHY: Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of American teens, with nearly
5,000 teens killed and 300,000 injured annually. The primary
cause of fatal teen crashes is driver error (77 percent).
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VISUALS/INTERVIEWS:
-- Full camera access to teens attempting to drive while talking on a
cell phone, eating, listening to loud music and handling rowdy
passengers.
-- Interior/exterior car shots of drivers, orange safety cones, course
obstacles getting mowed over as teens deal with distractions.
-- Interviews with Elliott Sadler, Allstate Insurance Company
representatives and teens.
-- Participants signing oversized petition to federal graduated driver
licensing (GDL) bill co-sponsors.
-- Tips for teens to drive safely and statistics on teen driving.
MEDIA Ebony Dooley Jeff Ormond
CONTACTS: 248-994-9394, 248-520-3600 (cell) 248-994-9393,
edoom@allstate.com 248-875-3787 (cell)
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