Illinois Sec. of State to Present First Teen Driver Safety Award With Tow Mater from Disney/Pixar's Cars

Illinois Sec. of State to Present First Teen Driver Safety Award With Tow Mater from Disney/Pixar's Cars

WHO: Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White

Tow Mater, one of the stars of Disney/Pixar's blockbuster movie
Cars and the newest Disney On Ice skating spectacular

More than 300 drivers education students

WHAT: In celebration of the first anniversary of the passage of
Illinois' landmark Teen Driver Safety Legislation, Sec. White
will present Chicago's Taft High School with his inaugural Teen
Driver Safety Award. As Sec. White shares newly-released
statistics from the Illinois Department of Transportation
showing the year-one impact of the state's graduated driver
licensing program and other teen driver safety initiatives, the
world's most lovable tow truck, Mater (a talking, life-size
marvel of state-of-the-art animatronics) will be on hand to
remind the students to tow the line on driver safety.

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009

WHERE: William Howard Taft High School
6530 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago

NOTE: Illinois' graduated driver licensing program, enacted in January
2008 (Senate Bill 172), has been heralded by Washington,
D.C.-based Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety as the best in
the country. Mater and his high-octane friends from
Disney/Pixar's Cars are making their live debut in Disney On Ice
presents Worlds of Fantasy, appearing now through Feb. 8 at
Chicago's United Center.

CONTACT: Henry Haupt, Illinois Secretary of State's Office, 217-782-5984
Bonni Pear, Miller-Pear Public Relations, 312-674-4566;
cellular 312-520-0175

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