Central Bucks East Wins Teen Driver Safety Video Challenge

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Central Bucks High School East has again been voted the winner of the Bucks TMA Teen Driver Safety Video Challenge.

CB East, which won the challenge last year, was voted the winner this year over eight other Bucks County high schools for its public service video. Student groups at participating high schools had the opportunity to submit votes to determine the winner of the challenge.

The winning video was put together by students Ryan Atkinson, Dylan Hilman, Faye Gilbert, and Geoffrey Schurer under the direction of technology education teacher John Benedix.

“This media production crew is a hardworking and creative group of kids and I'm extremely proud of all the projects they've completed this year,” said Benedix. “It was definitely a goal of ours to win the Teen Driver Safety Video PSA Challenge for the second year in a row and we were ecstatic when we found out we won. The other schools did a fantastic job this year and we know that we have our work cut out for us if we want to win again next year. We really appreciate TMA Bucks for their effort to inform students of safe driving skills and for giving us a platform to showcase our work.”

The CB East student activity fund received a $500 grant from TMA Bucks and the public service announcement will air on Comcast networking in the future.

Other schools submitting videos this year were: Central Bucks High School South, Council Rock High School North, New Hope-Solebury High School, Palisades High School, Pennsbury High School, Quakertown Community High School, Upper Bucks Technical High School, and William Tennent High School.

“The creativity and strong messaging of what these students are putting together is extremely impressive,” said TMA Bucks executive director Stephen Noll. “We hope these videos serve as an important reminder to teen drivers to make safe and smart decisions when on the road.”

As part of the annual Bucks County High School Seatbelt Safety Challenge presented by NJM Insurance all participating high schools had the opportunity to produce and submit a 30-second video PSA on teen driver safety.

“Comcast is thrilled to continue to support the TMA Bucks Teen Driver Safety Video PSA Challenge as this initiative allows students to showcase their creativity using technology while also delivering important messages that can impact their peers to make better decisions
when driving,” said Brian Jeter, Comcast’s director of government affairs.

TMA Bucks is a non-profit transportation management association designed to promote and coordinate travel demand management strategies to reduce peak-hour traffic congestion and serve as a clearinghouse for transportation policies and programs throughout Bucks County. TMA Bucks also manages the Bucks County Community Traffic Safety Program in partnership with the County of Bucks and the TMA Bucks Foundation. The TMA is membership supported and businesses can learn more about the benefits of membership at tmabucks.com.