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| 2018 poster contest winners from northwest Kansas. |
Kansas students 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.
In addition, the school, class or
booster club of the grand prize-winning students will also receive money as
part of the contest prizes.
POSTER CONTEST: For Kansas students
ages 5 to 13 - three statewide winners will each receive:
sKindle Fire Tablet and case from the
Kansas Turnpike Authority;
s$50 Amazon gift card from the Petroleum
Marketers and Convenience Store Association of
Kansas;
sMovie passes from AAA Kansas; and
s$200 for the school, class or the
booster club.
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| A screen shot from the 2019 winning video. |
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. 20. Information and entry forms are available here.
VIDEO CONTEST: For Kansas
teens in grades 8-12. Prizes from the KTA include an iPad, a Go Pro and a DJI
Osmo Pocket, and the grand prize winner’s school, class or booster club will
receive $500. Video entries must be posted by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29.
Information to submit entries is available here.
About
37,000 people die in traffic crashes each year across the United States. That’s
nearly 101 fatalities every day. Let’s encourage everyone – drivers,
passengers, pedestrians and cyclists – to exercise caution every day and Put
the Brakes on Fatalities.
The Kansas Department of Transportation
and numerous transportation organizations in Kansas are sponsoring the
contests. More information about Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day is available here.
Winners from last year’s contests are
listed below:
2018 Poster Contest Winners -
Northeast
Kansas - Hudson
Barrett, Spring Hill; Aurora Powell, Overbrook; Abigail Coons, Lawrence
North
Central Kansas - Kierstyn Coup, Hope; Manny Morales, McPherson;
Kira Carver, Herington
Northwest
Kansas - Matthias
Miller, Gorham; Janessa Miller, Gorham; Conner Miller, Gorham
Southeast
Kansas - Hadley
Holmes, Riverton; Brooklyn Green-Lawson, Riverton; Brayden Myers,
Parsons
South
Central Kansas - Kaymi Zink, Claflin; Finley Maloney, Kingman;
Jeffrey Hamm, El Dorado
Southwest
Kansas -
Emmaline Luna, Holcomb; Mia Montes, Holcomb; Edgar Morales, Liberal
2018
Video Contest winners –
Andrew
Marshall Tabb from Shawnee Mission West won first place.
Students
from Eudora High School captured second place.
Students
from Lawrence High School placed third in the video contest.
