Creative contests encourage teens to Put the Brakes on Fatalities

Kansas kids can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as part of the annual Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day safety campaign.

Poster contest: For Kansas kids ages 5 to 13 - three statewide winners will each receive:

sKindle Fire Tablet and case from the Kansas Turnpike Authority;

s$50 gift card from Wal Mart;

s$50 Amazon gift card from the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store

Association of Kansas;

sMovie passes from AAA Kansas.

A total of 18 regional winners in the six regions and age groups (ages 5-7, ages 8-10 and ages 11-13) will receive a bicycle from the KTA and a helmet from Safe Kids Kansas. Poster entries must be postmarked by Friday, Sept. 21. Information and entry forms are available here.

Video contest: For Kansas teens in grades 8-12. Prizes include an iPad, a Go Pro and a DJI Osmo camera, and the school of the grand prize winner will receive $500 for its school, class or booster club. Video entries must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30. Information to submit entries is available here

The Kansas Department of Transportation, the KTA,  the Kansas Highway Patrol and other traffic safety organizations are sponsoring the contests.

2017 poster contest winners:

Northeast Kansas

Avik Jain, Topeka; Austin Lamb, Osage City; and Alyson Welch, Overland Park

North Central Kansas

Lacie McLaughlin, Solomon; Breken Coup, Solomon; and Tanner Staedtler, Inman

Northwest Kansas

Aineka Burton, Norton; Peyton Isernhagen, Norton; and Dashiell Brown; and Quinter

Southeast Kansas

Makiah Woods, Bronson; Emily Britt, Columbus; and Marion Ryan, Parsons

South Central Kansas

Nora Ackermann, Andover; Alex and Abby Williams, Douglass; and Abilgail Yocum, El Dorado

Southwest Kansas

Jaylee Eckhoff, Meade; Jennicah Pinchon, Garden City; and Kathya Guillen, Garden City

2017 video contest winners:

Students from Eudora High School won first place. The class received their choice of an iPad, GoPro or Osmo Steadicam along with a $500 donation to the school.

Andrew Tabb from Shawnee Mission West High School captured second place. Kodi Rogers and Aly Tarrango from Scott City High School placed third in the video contest. Each received one of the remaining prizes listed above.