For immediate release
December 20, 2000
ABS PR 3-5-00

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Closed-captioned Videos About the Use of Anti-Lock Braking Systems (ABS) Now Available

Special Project Builds Upon Alliance's Mission of Consumer Education

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., December 20, 2000– The ABS Education Alliance's training videotape about the effective use of 4-wheel anti-lock braking systems (ABS) is available in VHS closed caption format.

The tape provides instruction in the proper method to activate and use the system now installed on many popular model cars and light trucks. Approximately one in three passenger vehicles on United States and Canadian roads is equipped with the ABS technology.

The six-and-a-half minute video is suitable for novice driver instruction or improving-driver classroom use. It contains footage of drivers using the emergency stopping technology and trying a panic stop with the ABS system deactivated. Drivers provide testimonials about their successful use of ABS to avoid crashes.

The tape supplements the ABS Education Alliance's consumer brochures and its comprehensive, turnkey 45-minute classroom session curriculum. The curriculum includes instructional narrative, pre- and post-tests, teacher keys, and four-color overhead transparencies.

The Alliance makes the curriculum available in hard copy form and also downloadable from its Web site, www.abs-education.org. A hard copy of the curriculum is priced at $39.95, including shipping and handling.

The ABS brochures, in English and Spanish language versions, are available in quantity at no charge. The brochures are posted on the Web site.

The ABS closed caption tape is $7.95 each, including shipping and handling. For ten or more tapes, the closed caption tape is $3.50 each, including shipping and handling.

The ABS Education Alliance was established in 1995 to educate the driving public about the benefits and effective use of anti-lock braking systems, a technology which, when activated, prevents wheels from locking up and allows the driver to maintain steering control of his or her vehicle.

For more information or for order forms for the tapes, curriculum, or brochures, consult the Alliance Web site, www.abs-education.org, or call Alliance headquarters, 919/549-4800.

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