Nation's Leading Teen Driving Safety Experts Convene Town Hall Meeting for D.C.-Area Parents and Teens

Event at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Will Offer Resources and Guidelines to Help Keep Teens Safe Behind the Wheel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- On Thursday, December 16, at 6 p.m., the nation's leading teen driving safety experts will host a town hall meeting at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Md., to address the issue of teen driving safety. The panelists will discuss the risks teens face as new, inexperienced drivers and will offer resources and guidelines for parents and teens to help keep teens safe behind the wheel. The event will be hosted by AAA, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA), DaimlerChrysler, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the National Safety Council (NSC). The event is free and open to the public.

  WHAT:   Town hall meeting for parents and teens

  WHO:    A panel of leading national safety experts:

          * Lon Anderson, Mid-Atlantic Director of Public and Government
             Relations, AAA

          * William A. Bronrott, Maryland State Delegate (D-16, Bethesda)

          * Ellen Engleman Conners, Chairman, National Transportation Safety
             Board (NTSB)

          * Wendy Hamilton, National President, Mothers Against Drunk
             Driving (MADD)

          * Chuck Hurley, Vice President, Transportation Safety Group,
             National Safety Council (NSC)

          * Jason Vines, Vice President, Chrysler Group Communications

  WHEN:   Thursday, December 16, 2004, 6:00 p.m.

  WHERE:  Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School auditorium
          4301 East-West Highway
          Bethesda, Md. 20814

  WHY:    Traffic crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens. The Washington D.C.
          area has suffered a spate of crashes involving teen drivers,
          killing 17 people in the area since September. In Montgomery
          County alone, 10 people have died in eight collisions involving
          drivers under the age of 21 this year.