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2025 Eighteenth Annual Driving the Message Contest

18th Annual Driving the Message Contest. Poster and video entries due February 15, 2025. Sponsored by NRSF.

2025 WINNERS!

Category 1: Seat Belt Safety Posters

First Place Winner – Anisha R.
Frisco ISD Career and Technology Education Center
Frisco, TX
Poster depicting illustration of crash test dummy wearing a seat belt with the text, "Even dummies wear seat belts so why don't you?"		 Second Place Winner – Ashlee P.
Frisco ISD Career and Technology Education Center
Frisco, TX
Poster depicting an illustrated seat belt making the shape of the number 1 with text saying, "Safety 1st. Buckle up every trip!"		 Third Place Winner – Yuliana V
Young Women’s Leadership Academy
Fort Worth, TX
Poster depicting a hand of playing cards with the letters L, I, F, and E replacing the numbers with text saying, "When you gamble with safety you bet your life."
Honorable Mention – Charlie B.
Transmountain Early College High School
El Paso, TX
Poster depicting seat belt illustration with ekg lines with the text, "Seat belts save lives. Buckle up when you drive."		 Honorable Mention – Gabriel J.
Frisco ISD Career and Technology Education Center
Frisco, TX
Poster depicting a cowboy riding a bronco at a corral with the text, "You can't do this without a belt. What makes you think you can at 180 horsepower? Wear your seatbelt."		 Honorable Mention – Ryleigh C.
Southeastern High School
South Charleston, OHPoster depicting text with seat belt icon saying, "Join the clique and make that seat belt click."
Teen Choice – Hazel E.
Young Women’s Leadership Academy – Middle School
Fort Worth, TX
Poster depicting illustrated dinosaurs driving cars on a road on top of dinosaur fossils with text saying, "Don't be history! Buckle up!"

Category 2: Speeding Prevention Posters

First Place Winner – Avril L.
Young Women’s Leadership Academy
Fort Worth, TX
Poster depicting illustrated car with windy path leading to a heart with text saying, "Drive safe arrive safe."		 Second Place Winner – Brianna J.
Taft High School
San Antonio, TX
Poster depicting classic muscle car speeding down road with text saying, "Slow down arrive safe."		 Third Place Winner – Conley K.
Frisco ISD Career and Technology Education Center
Frisco, TX
Poster depicting illustration of meter in the red with text saying, "Watch your speed. The faster you go, the less control you have. So be careful!"
Honorable Mention – Aubrie G.
Young Women’s Leadership Academy
Fort Worth, TX
Poster depicting illustrations of road signs with the text, "There are signs for a reason."		 Honorable Mention – Ryleigh C.
Southeastern High School
South Charleston, OH
Poster depicting a speeding icon with text saying, "There's no need to speed. Drive safe. Drive right."		 Honorable Mention – Daniel W.
Taft High School
San Antonio, TX
Poster depicting an illustrated eye with the reflection of an oncoming vehicle in the center with text saying, "See the danger, slow down. Speeding kills. drive safely."

Category 3: Share the Road Videos

First Place Winner – Let’s Share It Together
Loganville High School, Loganville, GA		 Second Place Winner – Moving Forward
Loganville High School, Loganville, GA
Third Place Winner – Sights and Sounds of the Road
Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, OH
 Honorable Mention – Carpool Texas
Transmountain Early College High School, El Paso, TX
Honorable Mention – Illegal…Legal!
Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, OH

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