AAA To Release Analysis Showing Majority of People Killed in Teen Driver Crashes Are Passengers, Other Drivers

--AAA To Focus Advocacy Efforts on Strengthening Teen Driver Laws

WHAT:   AAA will release new national and state-by-state information 
        on the effects teen driver crashes have on other road users. 
        In the first analysis of its kind, the report investigates the
        number of other persons, besides teen drivers, who have died 
        in crashes involving novice teen drivers.

        The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analyzed ten years of 
        crash data and identified all fatal crashes involving 15-, 
        16-, and 17-year-old drivers of passenger vehicles. The report
        will show the greater toll teen driver crashes have on other 
        road users including the teen driver's passenger, other 
        motorists and even pedestrians.

WHO:    Robert L. Darbelnet, AAA President and CEO

        Two victims of teen driver crashes will share their personal 
        stories and be available for interviews.

        Captain Jesse F. Bowman, International Association of Chiefs 
        of Police, Highway Safety Committee, and Commander, Traffic 
        Division, Fairfax County Police, Fairfax, Virginia

WHEN:   January 18, 2006
        10:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

WHERE:  National Press Club, Zenger Room
        529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.