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Thursday, June 26, 1997     Page:

PennDOT’s local public service ad on highway safety could save lives
   
I was delighted to see the “Highways or Dieways” public service
announcements air on WYOU-TV Channel 22″Highways or Dieways” is a relatively
new highway safety initiative consisting of three 30-second public service
announcements that display the fatal consequences of inattentive driving,
driving while intoxicated and failure to wear seat belts.
    Eight Pennsylvanians were killed over the Memorial Day weekend: Six weren’t
using seat belts; two were alcohol-related deaths. That’s needless, senseless,
and shameful, and we won’t solve this problem until we attack it head-on with
an approach like that in “Highways or Dieways.”
   
I thank CBS and WYOU-TV for doing their part to help reduce traffic
fatalities.
   
Rebecca Rosser Yearick
   
Director of Communications and
   
Customer Relations
   
Pa. Department of Transportation
   
Harrisburg