Drive2Life

2025 Drive2Life PSA Contest

Theme

Share the Road

Challenge

Students must write a script for a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) video about Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles and Pedestrians

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

Statistics show that in fatal crashes involving young drivers from 2013 to 2022:*

• Occupant fatalities of other vehicles increased by 42 percent
• Nonoccupant (pedestrians, bicyclists, or other nonoccupants) fatalities increased by 42 percent.

In fatal traffic crashes involving young drivers from 2021 to 2022:

• Occupant fatalities of other vehicles decreased by 4 percent.
• Nonoccupant fatalities decreased by 9 percent. 

*Source: NHTSA Young Drivers Traffic Safety Facts, 2022. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813601 

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 PSAs on our website for reference in advance. Distribute the family letter as well to help parents continue the conversation at home.

Deadline for entries is March 21, 2025

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)