Neighboring States Join Georgia To

MEDIA ADVISORY For more information: FOR RELEASE Jim Shuler, GOHS Public Affairs Dir 404-656-6996 or 888-420-0767 SEPTEMBER, 2004 MEDIA PAGER 800-204-8113 , GOHS Hosts Hands Across The Border Aug 29 thru Sept 3, 2004 NEIGHBORING STATES JOIN GEORGIA TO ENFORCE OPERATION ZERO TOLERANCE

(THOMASVILLE-GA/TALL-FLA) For six days leading up to the Labor Day holiday weekend, the Georgia State Patrol and local police and sheriff’s deputies will participate in the13th Annual Hands Across the Border highway safety awareness campaign. From Sunday, August 29 through Friday, September 3rd, 2004,Georgia law enforcement will join their partners from bordering states Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee in a major southeastern Zero Tolerance impaired driving enforcement effort. *PHOTO-OPS/MEDIA WELCOME* WHO: Highway safety advocates and law enforcement from Florida, Georgia & the Southwestern Traffic Enforcement Network (SWTEN). SWTEN includes law enforcement agencies from Lee, Dougherty, Worth, Early, Baker, Mitchell, Colquitt, Miller, Seminole, Decatur, Grady and Thomas counties. WHAT: ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN ROADCHECK SCHEDULED WHERE: 6PM-Tuesday August 31 Meeting & Checkpoint Briefing at JB’s Barbeque, US 319 8PM-Tuesday August 31 Sobriety Checkpoint-US 319 at Georgia-Florida line REPORTERS NOTE: August 31-ROADCHECK INFORMATION and September 1 Speed Enforcement EMBARGOED until 5pm Sept 1, 2004 WHAT: MEDIA EVENT SCHEDULED WHERE: 10AM-Wednesday September 1 (HATB) Hands Across The Border Media Event for

Governor’s Office of Highway Safety 34 Peachtree Street—Suite 1600—One Park Tower—Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Visit us on the web at www.georgiahighwaysafety.org Sonny Perdue, Governor Robert F. Dallas, Director Georgia-Florida at Lawton Chiles High School, US 319 and concludes on Georgia side of the state line at JB’s Barbeque 1PM-Wednesday September 1 Speed Enforcement Initiative, US 319 from Tifton, GA to Florida Coast CONTACT : Lt. Leonard Bell, Albany City Police Department Office: 229-431-3279/Pager: 229-250-6671 Motorists who stop at road checks and Visitors Centers in Georgia and bordering states will receive seatbelt, child safety seat and impaired driving brochures. This year, Hands Across the Border is part of the “One Hundred Days of Summer HEAT” campaign sponsored by the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of speed, drunk and drugged driving, and failure to use safety belts and child restraints. For details, see our website.