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AAA Texas Offers Free Tipsy Tow Service for Fourth of July Weekend; Anti-Drinking and Driving Statewide Campaign

HOUSTON--June 29, 2004--AAA Texas is offering its free Tipsy Tow service to the public during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The service is available from 5 p.m. on Friday, July 2nd until midnight Monday, July 5th, throughout Texas.

The Tipsy Tow program, now in its 18th year, is designed to provide drivers with a way to get home safely if they have been drinking. The first ten miles are free.

Here is how it works:

-- Drivers, holiday hosts and bartenders dial AAA Texas' toll free number at 1-800-AAA-HELP or 1-800-222-4357 to request Tipsy Tow service.

-- AAA Texas dispatches a tow truck, and;

-- The driver is driven -- and the vehicle towed -- home for free up to 10 miles (up to 2 people can ride in the tow truck).

Callers need to keep in mind that the destination is limited to the driver's residence. Reservations are not accepted. Drivers can expect to pay the rate charged by the tow truck contractor for rides farther than ten miles.

"Independence Day is a traditional time for parties, trips to the beach, and backyard picnics which are activities that contribute to a more relaxed atmosphere and more drinking," according to Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "If motorists plan on drinking, we encourage them to have a designated driver or to use our Tipsy Tow service," adds Rougeau.

Tipsy Tow is a statewide service that is being offered in Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, the Greater Houston area, and San Antonio.

AAA Texas, an affiliate of AAA National, has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas members benefit from the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, insurance products and services, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on AAA Texas' Web site at www.aaa-texas.com.