Philadelphia Area Students Participate in Regional Teen Safe Driving Competition

Philadelphia Area Students Participate in Regional Teen Safe Driving
Competition

4/20/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Pennsylvania
State
Police (PSP), the Chester County Highway Safety Project, the Delaware
County
TMA, Street Smarts – Philadelphia Highway Safety Project and students from
7
Philadelphia area high schools participated in the fifth annual
Southeastern
Pennsylvania Teen Safe Driving Competition today at the West Whiteland
Police
Department in Chester County for scholarship money, prizes and the chance
to
take part in the statewide competition in May.

Students considered to be among the best drivers at their schools were put
through a series of written and perceptual tests as well as a hands-on
driving
test set up by the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA).
Cars were donated by Sloan Ford. Winners received scholarships from the
PMTA,
AAA Mid Atlantic, Paoli Hospital and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital ranging from
$250
to $2,000. Students, teachers and volunteers also received various other
prizes.
Jacob Elliott from Great Valley High School, was this year's overall winner
of
a $2,000 scholarship. Leah Rizzi from Great Valley High School finished
second
with a $1,000 scholarship. Both winners will compete in the Pennsylvania
Safe
Driving Competition for Youth, held every May in Camp Hill, Pa.

PMTA sponsors scholarships for the top three finishers in the statewide
competition. The first-place winner receives $5,000, while second and
third place receive $3,000 and $2,000 respectively.

Editor's Note: The following high schools participated in the regional
competition:

Chester County
Coatesville Area
Great Valley
Collegium Charter

Delaware County
Chichester
Sun Valley

Montgomery County
Spring-Ford

Philadelphia
Community Academy of Philadelphia



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