High School Students Remind Motorists about Highway Safety

As part of its “Drive Safe PA” radio contest, PennDOT asks high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to create a 30-second radio PSA focused on aggressive driving, buckling up or driving under the influence. Students are required to include the phrase “Drive Safe PA,” which PennDOT introduced in 2009 to remind motorists to avoid life-threatening behaviors behind the wheel. Each of the 11 regional winners are invited to travel to Harrisburg to have their entries professionally recorded for distribution to local radio stations during National Youth Traffic Safety Month in May.

The Commonwealth is not affiliated with any contest entrants or the selected winners.

2009 Drive Safe PA contest winners

District 1 (Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties)

Mark Holcomb, Cameron Bish, Holly Bond, Robert Courtney, Mathew Johnson, Morgan Thompson - Conneaut Lake High School, Crawford County.

District 2 (Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean and Potter counties)

Matt Shadle - Galeton High School, Potter County.

District 3 (Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union counties)

Michael S. Flood - Midd-West High School, Union County.

District 4 (Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties)

Chris Cassel, James Coffman, Cassandra Correa, Allen Daniels, Joe Devita, Mark Dotter, James Frei, Steve Glatz, Dave Gumble, Nick Hengerle, Matthew Jenks, Samantha Kelly, Alec McKenna, Dillon Nesco, Steve Pranzo, Matt Ree, Chris Rhatigan, Victor Robertazza, Chris Rolan, Thomas Salkoskas, Chris Schneider, Brandon Weekes, Michael Zayatz - Wallenpaupack Area High School, Wayne County.

District 5 (Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties)

Jeff Beers - Palmerton Area High School, Carbon County.

District 6 (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties)

Jamie Ellis - Archbishop Wood High School, Bucks County.

District 8 (Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties)

Courtney Peterson, Madison McSherry, Emily Schaeffer, Natasha Stanley, Jen Mills - Central York High School, York County.

District 9 (Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset counties)

Meghan McCabe - Bishop Carroll High School, Cambria County.

District 10 (Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties):

Dillen Statler - Elderton Junior/Senior High School, Armstrong County.

District 11 (Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties)

Jessica Copper, Jessica Olson, Jay Copper, Sean Gwin - New Castle High School, Lawrence County.

District 12 (Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties)

Rebecca Coulson - Belle Vernon Area High School, Fayette County.