Media Advisory: STOP-DWI Traffic Safety Night, Partners for Safety Award Presentation

• by New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

ALBANY, NY (03/09/2009)(readMedia)-- WHAT: STOP-DWI Traffic Safety Night

Partners for Safety Award presentation

at the MAAC Basketball Tournament Championship Game

WHEN: Monday, March 9, 2009, 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Times Union Center

Section 209 on the Concourse

South Pearl Street

Albany, New York

WHO: Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC)

Department of Motor Vehicles

Local law enforcement agencies

Representatives from Outdoor Advertising Foundation of New York

NOTES: GTSC is sponsoring a STOP-DWI Traffic Safety Night and will present a "Partners for Safety Award" to Lamar Advertising on March 9 at the Times Union Center before the MAAC Basketball Tournament game. A driving simulator and traffic safety display area will be set up in the Concourse near section 209. Staff will be on hand throughout the arena to provide traffic safety materials and give-away items.

Outdoor Advertising Foundation of New York will be presented with a "Partners for Safety Award" for providing free digital displays of traffic safety messages on their billboard along I-90 in Albany.

CONTACT: DMV Communications: 518-473-7000

THE MEDIA IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND