Two of Three Children Killed in Alcohol-Related Crashes Were Riding With Drinking Drivers; MADD to Unveil 'Child Endangerment Report' to Provide Solutions

   New Report to Take Aim at Raising Public Awareness and Closing Gaps
    in Child Endangerment DUI Laws; MADD to Issue Intervention Tips to
                  Protect Children from Becoming Victims

  WHAT:   NEWS CONFERENCE where Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will
          unveil its new "Child Endangerment Report: Every Child Deserves a
          Designated Driver" which, based on a recent Centers for Disease
          Control report that found two out of three children killed in
          alcohol-related crashes were riding with drinking drivers, will:

          (1) provide recommendations to policymakers, judges, police,
              prosecutors and attorneys that if implemented will help
              protect innocent children from those who victimize a child by
              driving impaired;

          (2) provide a state-by-state list of child endangerment laws
              showing where dangerous gaps exist; and

          (3) issue practical intervention tips for families and health care
              providers to prevent children from becoming victims.

  WHEN:   TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. EST

  WHERE:  National Press Club (Murrow-White-Lisagor Conference Room), 529
          14th Street, N.W. (13th Floor), Washington, D.C.

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

          * Lt. Carl McDonald, Wyoming Highway Patrol, whose intoxicated ex-
            wife killed his daughter Carlie, age 5, in a crash on New Year's
            Day 1998 while driving over twice the illegal blood-alcohol
            limit.  Lt. McDonald has produced a video documentary of this
            most personal child endangerment tragedy.

          * Sue Binder, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and
            Prevention's Injury Center

          * Christopher Chiles, Vice President, National District Attorneys
            Association

          * Frank Cayer, of Vienna, VA, whose 10- and 11-year-old children
            were riding with their intoxicated mother (over three times the
            illegal blood-alcohol limit) at the time of a crash in West
            Virginia.

  WHY:    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will report
          that 24 percent of children killed in traffic crashes between 1997
          and 2002 involved drivers who had been drinking, and that 68
          percent of these child victims were riding in the same vehicle as
          the drinking driver.  The new MADD report is based on a thorough
          examination of the problem by a panel of experts who identified
          serious gaps that need correction in order to save children's
          lives.