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The video below was created to promote a contest sponsored by New York
Chapter 2 designed to raise awareness about safer teen driving. At the
end of the video and below are the contest's rules, and information about how to
submit your own video.
Teen Safe Driving YouTube Video Contest
To Promote National Teen Driver Safety Week - Oct. 20-26, 2013
Sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics, NY Chapter 2
- Prizes: $500 to first place winner or winning team.
Additional prizes. Winning videos will be played in doctors' offices and
hospital ERs and submitted as PSAs. Winner/s be also be honored at
a press conference.
- Who can enter: Teens ages 14-19
- From where?: Preference given to Nassau, Suffolk,
Brooklyn and Queens residents (AAP Chapter 2 areas), but we will accept
entries from the other NYC boroughs and the rest of NY State
- Teen driving issues to address:
- Primary: Seat belt use in all vehicle seating positions
- May also address other safety issues such as parents as role
models, interactions with passengers, other distractions (texting,
cell phone use), night driving
- Note: The theme of New York State's observance of Teen
Driver Safety Week is "Click it Front and Back, Too"
and drives home the importance of buckling up in all seating
positions.
- Length of video: up to 2 ½ minutes
- The video must be filmed by individuals within the entrant age limits
- Although our announcement involved a moving vehicle, no submissions
may involve a moving vehicle or other potentially dangerous situation
(contest officials will make the final judgment)
- Deadline: Monday, Dec. 16th, 2013
- Judging: a panel of pediatricians, student leaders, and
community leaders
- How to Submit: Send e-mail to Dr. Weinstein at libwaltz@aol.com
notifying us of your intention to enter, or mail video to:
Dr. Richard Ancona
300 E. Main St., #5
Smithtown, NY 11787
For ideas/information on teen driving see www.teendriversource.org
or
http://www.dmv.ny.gov/youngerdriver/news/TeenDriverGuide-Print.pdf
Questions? E-mail a1084e5@verizon.net
Partially funded by a grant from the
National Safety Council/Allstate Foundation
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