DC Police Lay Down Region-Wide Safety Belt Dragnet

            81% of Night-Time Highway Fatalities Are Unbelted

        Witness and Experience a REAL-LIFE Safety Belt Checkpoint

  WHAT:    Witness a Safety Belt Checkpoint in Action.  On May 25, the
           District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department will stage
           a mock demonstration checkpoint, in advance of an actual
           checkpoint later in the evening.  This checkpoint will be one of
           over 1,200 safety belt checkpoints and roving patrols taking
           place in the Mid-Atlantic region on May 25.

           Authoritative briefing on Click It or Ticket, including officials
           such as:

           * Inspector Kevin Keegan, Metropolitan Police Department
             (District of Columbia)

           * Dan Tangherlini, Director, District of Columbia Department of
             Transportation

           * Bill Tower, Law Enforcement Liaison, National Highway Safety
             Administration

           * Survivor, Saved by a Safety Belt Profile

           GREAT VISUALS: Witness a team of police officers conducting a
           safety belt checkpoint.  Spokespeople available at news
           conference and evening checkpoint for live and taped interviews.

           The Click It Or Ticket campaign combines proactive public
           education and stepped-up enforcement, effectively erasing borders
           between jurisdictions and ensuring safety belt use.  The campaign
           is supported by a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety
           Administration.

  WHEN:    Wednesday, May 25, 2005

           * 3:00 PM:  News Conference with mock safety belt checkpoint

           * 8:00 PM-11:30 PM:  ACTUAL SAFETY BELT CHECKPOINT -- Great
             Visuals and live interviews with law enforcement officials

           * RAIN DATE:  Thursday, May 26, 2005, 3:00 PM

  WHERE:   Intersection of Columbia Road and Belmont Road, NW,
           Washington, DC
           (Adams Morgan area)