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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