Free Clinic Offers Young Women Safe Driving Strategies, Auto Care Basics

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 28, 2004 -- The following is being issued by Safe Smart Women:

  WHAT:   Fatality data show that crash rates for young drivers are on the
          rise. In the Washington, DC area alone, more than a dozen young
          drivers have been killed on the roads in the past few weeks. For
          young women, fatal crash rates have risen by 42 percent in the
          last decade. To help educate and empower this vulnerable and
          oft-overlooked population, Safe Smart Women (S2W) is hosting a
          free CarCare Clinic open to all area young women and their
          parents. The Clinic will offer hands-on opportunities to learn
          safe driving tactics and under-the-hood auto care from experts.

  AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW:
          Lizzie Nimmich -- Student Advisor, Safe Smart Women
          A.J. Willingham -- Student Advisor, Safe Smart Women
          Gordon Booth -- Chief Instructor, DriveTrain
          Kristin Backstrom -- Executive Director, Safe Smart Women

  WHEN:   Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.
          The Clinic will commence with introductory remarks, and will be
          followed by hands-on training in the service bay led by six
          subject-matter experts.

  WHERE:  CarMax, 45210 Towlern Place, Sterling, VA
          Directions: Exit 9B (Rt. 28N) off Dulles Toll Road. Location is 3
          miles north of Toll Road.

  ABOUT:  S2W educates young women on the basics of car maintenance and on
          strategies for safer driving.  S2W reaches young women drivers
          through its free CarCare Clinics and online at http://www.s2w.org/.

  GREAT VISUALS:
          * Opportunity to interview safe driving experts, young women and
            their parents.
          * Under-the-hood car care training offered in a service bay
            setting.