Share the Road Safely in Las Vegas; Professional Truck Drivers Offer Safe Driving Tips for Summer Travel

Over 223,000 vehicles travel I-15 through Las Vegas each day. With so many vehicles on the highways, and with summer traffic increasing, it's more important than ever that motorists learn to share the road safely with large trucks and other commercial vehicles.

In a highway scenario, professional truck drivers will demonstrate how to drive safely around tractor-trailers on local highways and provide a truck ride-along for reporters and photographers because:

  * 75% of all truck-related car fatalities are initiated by car drivers
  * 35% of all truck-related car fatalities occur in a truck's blind spots
  * Watching this demonstration will help reduce accidents

Most drivers were never taught how to share the road safely with trucks, nor do they understand that there are large blind spots around trucks where cars become "invisible." That's why on June 24th, professional truck drivers Ina Daly -- with 20 years of experience and over 1.5 million accident-free miles, and Skip Krause -- with 23 years of experience and over 2.5 million accident-free miles, will give a safety demonstration and truck ride-along to teach motorists how to stay safe on our nation's highways. The American Trucking Associations (ATA), Mack Trucks and the Nevada Motor Transport Association will sponsor the event.

The Share the Road program travels across America presenting safety demonstrations to the media in an effort to inform the public and save lives. Currently a partnership between the ATA and Mack Trucks, Inc., the program educates millions of motorists annually. For more information please see: www.atasharetheroad.com

                  Rides will be available for the media
                immediately following the news conference

  WHEN:   Tuesday, June 24th, 10:00 AM

  WHERE:  Con-Way Western Express, 4201 Frehner Rd., N. Las Vegas

          Directions: From I-15 North take Cheyenne Ave., Exit 46.  Take the
          West ramp to E. Cheyenne Ave.  Go right onto Losee Road, then
          right onto Frehner Road.

  WHO:    Ina Daly, ATA's 2001 America's Road Team Captain, Con-Way Western
          Express, Tolleson, AZ

          Skip Krause, Professional Truck Driver, McKelvey Trucking,
          Phoenix, AZ

          Trooper Angie Wolff, Nevada Highway Patrol, Las Vegas, NV

          Ray Roach, Assistant Managing Director, Nevada Motor Transport
          Association, Reno, NV

          Ellen Serrano, American Trucking Associations, Alexandria, VA

          Tractor-trailers provided by Con-Way Western Express and McKelvey
          Trucking.