Brown Hosts National Highway Safety Program to Save Lives in Roanoke

         Mack Trucks' Share the Road Program Visits Roanoke with
                     Life-saving Highway Safety Tips

Though up to 72,000 vehicles travel I-81 through Roanoke daily, most automobile drivers are never taught what they can do to avoid initiating an accident with a tractor-trailer.

  Who:      Professional truck drivers, the American Trucking Associations
            (ATA), AAA Mid-Atlantic, the Virginia State Police, the Virginia

            Trucking Association.

  What:     A demonstration of highway safety measures will be conducted for

            local news media, including "ride-alongs" in tractor-trailers,
            as part of the national Share the Road tour visiting Roanoke,
            VA.

  When:     Thursday, May 13th, 10:00 AM

  Where:    UPS, Inc., 3941 Thirlane Rd. (see driving directions below.)

  Summary:  Professional truck drivers with millions of miles of accident-
            free driving, ATA, and UPS will demonstrate safe driving
            measures key to reducing crashes on Virginia highways.  The
            demonstration will include truck ride-alongs for news reporters
            and photographers, and tips on blind spots, safe-merging
            techniques, and safe stopping and following distances.

            This highway safety program is critical for Roanoke drivers
            because:

            -- 35% of all truck-involved highway fatalities occur in a
               truck's blind spots*

            -- Most drivers were never taught how to share the road safely
               with trucks

            -- Watching this demonstration will help reduce accidents

  Directions:  From Roanoke take I-581 towards the airport.  Take the
               VA-117/Peters Road exit (2N) heading north and turn right at
               the light on Thirlane Road.  The UPS terminal is 1 mile on
               the left.

  About Share the Road:

Share the Road (www.atasharetheroad.com), is a highway safety program that delivers life-saving messages to hundreds of U.S. cities and reaches millions of motorists annually, designed to educate automobile drivers about sharing the roads safely with trucks. The program is presented by members of America's Road Team, a team of professional truck drivers with millions of miles of accident-free driving on America's highways.

Tractor-trailers provided by UPS, Virginia Truck Center, Inc., and Mack Trucks, Inc.

* Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration