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ABRA-Georgia Co-Sponsors Teen Driver Program.


Business Editors/Automotive Writers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003

ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced today that their repair centers in Atlanta Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. , Georgia Georgia, country, Asia
Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia.
 are co-sponsoring the "Dodge Teen Driver Education Seminar" to be held at Lockheed Martin For the former company, see .

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta.
 in Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia GR6, and is its county seat.

As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs.
 August 25 through August 30.

The focus for teen drivers is to help prepare them to be safer and more knowledgeable drivers. Over the course of the six days, schools, students, teachers and parents from high schools throughout Atlanta will be invited to attend a variety of live demonstrations, educational seminars and hands-on hands-on
adj.
Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor.
 activities. Topics will include:

-- Basic rules of the road

-- Dangers of drunk driving

-- The dangers of speed

-- How to drive in bad weather conditions

-- Off road recovery, hard breaking, and skid control tips

-- Parking basics and automotive safety tips

-- Live car crash and emergency rescue demonstrations

Additional details can be obtained by calling the "Dodge Teen Driver Education Program" information line at 1.770.218.0071.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless Paint´less

a. 1. Not capable of being painted or described.
 dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to eighty-one facilities in ten states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities, building new locations and awarding franchises.
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