WHAT:
News Conference to announce Stop on Red Campaign
As part of the national Stop On Red week, The University of Alabama College of Engineering and the Alabama Department of Transportation will kick off a state-wide awareness campaign to “Stop Red Light Running” in Alabama.
WHO:
The University of Alabama College of Engineering
Alabama Department of Transportation
University Transportation Center for Alabama
WHEN:
Sept. 2, 2003, at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
UA’s Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) Building
The AIME Building is located at the corner of 2nd Street and McCorvey Drive on the north side of UA’s campus.
WHY:
Red light running is a serious problem in Alabama. A study recently conducted by the University Transportation Center for Alabama, headquartered at UA, found that between 1993 and 2001, there were 47,501 traffic crashes caused by red light running in Alabama (about 5,500 per year). There were about 16,500 injuries and 194 fatalities in these crashes. During those years, Birmingham averaged 600 red-light-running traffic crashes per year.
National Stop on Red Week — a week dedicated to educating Americans about the dangers of running red lights — will last from Saturday, Aug. 30, through Friday, Sept. 5.
Contact
Mary Wymer, UA Engineering Writer, 205/348-6444, mwymer@coe.eng.ua.edu