Drive2Life

2024 Drive2Life PSA Contest to empower passengers to SPEAK UP for safe driving.

Challenge

Students must write a script for a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) video about Passenger Empowerment: Speaking Up for Safe Driving.

Prize

One Grand Prize student winner will receive $2,000, and get to produce his or her PSA with an Emmy Award-winning producer. Plus, the winner and his or her PSA will be featured on Teen Kids News! See the Prizes section below for more details.

Why

2020 statistics show that:*

• 16% of all traffic fatalities were passengers in vehicles.
• 56% of the deaths of teenage passengers in passenger vehicles occurred in vehicles driven by another teenager.
• 24% of deaths in passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs, pickups, vans, and minivans) were passengers.
• 6,275 vehicle passengers were killed in crashes.

1. *Source: https://nationalpassengersafety.org/

How

Download, photocopy, and distribute the reproducible activity sheets to the right, to all students, or share the PDFs through your school’s digital platform if you’re connecting with students remotely. Prepare the materials for each activity and preview videos in advance. Distribute the family letter as well to help parents continue the conversation at home.

Deadline for entries is March 25, 2024

For information, entry form, prize details and complete rules, see the links to the right. No videos or group entries will be accepted. No purchase is necessary and the contest is void where prohibited.

This contest is co-sponsored by our partner American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA)