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- ↑ "SUV Safety Campaign Launched Online" Road & Travel Magazine, retrieved on February 5, 2009.
- 1 2 "Esuvee Safety Campaign Develops New Web Game to Further Promote Safety Messages," The Auto Channel, April 21, 2005, retrieved on February 5, 2009.
- ↑ The ESUVEE Safety Campaign, State of Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved on February 5, 2009.
- ↑ The ESUVEE Safety Campaign Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved on February 5, 2009.
- ↑ "States Unite to Promote SUV Safety with $27 Million Public Education Campaign" Colorado Attorney General Office, January 31, 2005 [ permanent dead link ], retrieved on February 5, 2009.
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