Northern Nevada teen wins safety poster contest

The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety’s Zero teen Fatalities program hosted a state wide contest where Nevada High School students had the opportunity to design an original billboard for Zero teen Fatalities featuring a safe driving message. Topics for the safe driving message included: aggressive driving, impaired driving, distracted driving & seat belts.

Entries were judged on the following criteria:
1. Overall Message (30%)

36 entries were submitted and reviewed by a 5 member judging panel.

Allyssa Corpuz, a sophomore at Wooster High School, was the winning student. Wooster High School has participated in the Zero teen Fatalities program for the past 6 years, with Teacher Amanda Pippin, as their advisor.

Allyssa received one $150.00 Ticketmaster gift card to purchase tickets to the concert or event of her choosing, and her winning entry will be displayed on billboards statewide.

“We’ve learned in our experience that the message of practicing safe driving habits resonates most on a peer-to-peer level,” said Kevin Moore, Zero teen Fatalities Program Coordinator. “This event is a reflection of that as we kick-off a year-long effort of initiatives to encourage teens to educate each other about staying safe behind the wheel.”

Recent statistics show that teens are only six percent of the American driving population, but are vastly over-represented in traffic fatalities at over 14%. In Nevada in 2014, teen drivers were involved in 38 fatalities. Zero teen Fatalities is a federally-funded program through the Office of Traffic Safety that seeks to educate young drivers on the importance of being safe behind the wheel. The program’s goal is to empower teens to spread the word among their peers about the consequences of unsafe driving behaviors.