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ATA and National Safety Council to Demo Highway Safety Measures

                Share the Road Program Visits Kansas City
                   with Life-saving Highway Safety Tips

      Though up to 134,000 Vehicles Travel I-70 Through Kansas City
      Daily, Most Automobile Drivers are Never Taught What They can
        do to Avoid Initiating an Accident With a Tractor-Trailer

  Who:           Professional truck drivers, the American Trucking
                 Associations (ATA), The Safety & Health Council of Western
                 Missouri and Kansas, the Missouri Highway Patrol, and the
                 Kansas City Police Department.

  What:          A demonstration of highway safety measures will be
                 conducted for local news media, including "ride-alongs" in
                 tractor-trailers, as part of the national Share the Road
                 tour visiting Kansas City, MO.

  When:          Thursday, April 22nd, 10:00 AM

  Where:         SAIA, Inc., 1534 N. Jackson, Kansas City, MO (see driving
                 directions below.)

  Summary:       Professional truck drivers with millions of miles of
                 accident-free driving, ATA, and The Safety & Health Council
                 of Western Missouri and Kansas, will demonstrate safe
                 driving measures key to reducing crashes on Kansas and
                 Missouri highways.  The demonstration will include truck
                 ride-alongs for news reporters and photographers, and tips
                 on blind spots, safe-merging techniques, and safe stopping
                 and following distances.

                 This highway safety program is critical for Kansas and
                 Missouri drivers because:

                 * 35% of all truck-involved highway fatalities occur in a
                   truck's blind spots*

                 * Most drivers were never taught how to share the road
                   safely with trucks

                 * Watching this demonstration will help reduce accidents

  Directions:    From Kansas City take I-35 north.  Take the Front Street
                 exit before the river and go east.  Go left on N. Jackson.
                 The SAIA (formerly Clark Bros.) terminal is 1/2 mile on the
                 left.

  About Share the Road:
                 Share the Road (www.atasharetheroad.com), is a highway
                 safety program that delivers life-saving messages to
                 hundreds of U.S. cities and reaches millions of motorists
                 annually, designed to educate automobile drivers about
                 sharing the roads safely with trucks.  The program is
                 presented by members of America's Road Team, a team of
                 professional truck drivers with millions of miles of
                 accident-free driving on America's highways.

Tractor-trailers provided by SAIA, Werner Enterprises, Inc., and Overnite Transportation.

*Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration