Highway Safety Leaders Demo Measures For Safe Travel on Area Roads

             National Share the Road Safety Tour Visits Waco
                     to Save Lives on Texas Highways

  On a Typical Day as Many as 101,000 Vehicles Travel I-35 Through Waco.
        Most Automobile Drivers Are Not Aware of What They Can Do
                 to Avoid Crashes with Tractor-Trailers.

  Who:     The American Trucking Associations (ATA), the Texas DPS, the
           Texas DOT, and the Texas Motor Transport Association

  What:    A demonstration of highway safety measures for saving lives on
           area roads will be conducted for local news media, including
           "ride-alongs" in tractor-trailers, as part of the national Share
           the Road safety tour visiting Waco, TX.

  When:    Monday, January 9, 2006, 10:00 AM

  Where:   ABF Freight System, Inc. 6102 South Interstate 35, Waco, TX,
           76706 (see driving directions below.)

  Summary: Professional truck drivers with millions of miles of accident-
           free driving, ATA, law enforcement officials, and others, will
           demonstrate safety measures critical to saving lives on Texas
           highways.  A static demonstration with simulated highway lanes
           will show how cars and trucks get into crashes.  A professional
           truck driver will provide truck ride-alongs for news reporters
           and photographers, providing tips on blind spots, driving in
           construction zones, and stopping and following distances, and
           winter travel.

           This safety advice is critical for Waco drivers because:

           * Around three quarters of all truck-involved fatalities are
             inadvertently initiated by car drivers (Federal Motor Carrier
             Safety Administration).
           * 35% of all truck-involved highway fatalities occur in a truck's
             blind spots (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration).
           * Watching this demonstration will help reduce accidents and save
             lives.

  Directions: Take I-35 south from Waco to Exit 330.  Stay in left LANE;
              take second left onto the service road (not first left).  Go
              under four bridges, 1 mile on right side is ABF.

  About Share the Road:
           Share the Road (http://www.atastr.org/), 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 all drivers about sharing the roads safely with trucks.
           The safety program, sponsored by Mack Trucks, Inc., Chevron Delo
           and Michelin, is presented by an elite team of professional truck
           drivers with millions of miles of accident-free driving on
           America's highways.

            Tractor-trailers provided by Mack Leasing System and GE Trailer
                              Fleet Services