RoadLoans, NASCAR Driver Cale Gale, Kentucky State Police Partner With Area Teens and Parents for Vehicle Safety

WARSAW, Ky., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- RoadLoans, a leader in online automotive financing, and NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Cale Gale are launching a teen safe driving campaign May 7 at Gallatin County High School in Northern Kentucky. RoadLoans and Gale, driver of the No. 33 RoadLoans Chevrolet, have partnered with the Kentucky State Police Highway Safety Branch to share the message of teen safe driving. Each year the leading cause of death in teenagers is a result of careless and inexperienced driving.

"It's hard to believe that the leading cause of death among teenagers is not a disease, but a car," said Gale. "Through the support of RoadLoans and the Kevin Harvick Inc. team, we are able to bring a program like the Teen Safe Driving rallies to various areas with a high potential for teen fatalities due to reckless or careless driving."

Gale, a rookie driver, will share with students the parallels of his inexperience and need for awareness and safety on the closed circuit race track versus the inexperience of teen drivers on the open road. Parents are also invited to share in the Teen Safe Driving Rally and understand their responsibility in educating their student drivers. At the end of the rally, each student will be asked to sign a safe driving pledge with their parents recognizing the importance of safe driving.

RoadLoans will share the stage with the Kentucky State Police to advocate "Drive to Stay Alive," a program created last year by the state police to decrease teen fatalities on Kentucky highways and to provide teenage drivers with the tools to set safe driving examples for their peers and the community. In Boone County Kentucky during 2007 there were 968 collisions involving drivers ages 16 to 19. Nationally, between 5,000 and 6,000 teenagers die from motor vehicle crashes a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

RoadLoans and Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) are partnering with various state police departments, highway patrol departments and school districts to carry out the Teen Safe Driving awareness rallies in an effort to reduce deaths among teens and increase education about safe driving.

"Teaching kids at an early age about the dangers of driving will help minimize accidents in the future," said Chris Goodman, senior vice president and managing director of RoadLoans. "We all have teenagers in our lives who we care about, and are continually looking for ways to get such important messages across. We hope that hearing from a rookie racecar driver like Cale Gale will give teens some insight into the racing world and help them take to heart the message that, whether it's the open road or a closed circuit race track, driving always requires attention and safety."

About Kevin Harvick Inc.

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001, is a 70,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. KHI houses two full time Truck Series teams: the No. 33 Camping World/Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday as well as the No. 2 American Commercial Lines/RVs.com Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time Truck Series champion Jack Sprague. KHI is also home to the No. 33 Camping World/RoadLoans.com/Rheem Chevrolet driven by two-time Nationwide Series champion Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday and Cale Gale and the No. 77 Rheem/VFW Chevrolet competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. 2008 marks KHI's fifth year of full-time competition in NASCAR's elite divisions. Please visit http://www.kevinharvickinc.com for more information.

About RoadLoans:

RoadLoans, based in North Richland Hills, Texas, is a leading direct-to-consumer auto finance company that simplifies the financing of a new or used vehicle through its online application process. RoadLoans specializes in new and used vehicle loans, consumer-to-consumer purchases and opportunities to refinance existing loans for customers with all types of credit, and is especially proud of its history of helping people with less than perfect credit. Since June of 2000, RoadLoans has carried out its mission to educate and empower people through the auto buying process and has helped tens of thousands of consumers purchase or refinance the car, truck or SUV of their dreams. The company's focus on customer service earned it the Lending Tree Customer Service Excellence Award every year the award was presented since 2002. For more information, visit http://www.RoadLoans.com or call (888) 276-7202.