Rocky Hill Teen Chosen As Advisor for DMV Safe Driving Contest

The state Department of Motor Vehicles is again holding a safe driving video contest for the 2013-14 school year, and the DMV has chosen six Connecticut students to act as advisors and promoters for the event.

Rocky Hill resident Katherine Cimini, a senior at Mercy High School, is one of those six students, according to a press release posted on the DMV's website.

"I want to be a teen advisor for this contest because I want to help teens realize how important safe driving is while also promoting fun and creative ways to help teens and their families learn all about teen safe driving," Cimini said in the release.

The advisors, representing both public and private high schools, will have also set goals to increase participation in the competition — which is hitting its sixth year running. Open to high school students, the contest requires them to create a 25-second public service video on teen safe driving. Winners' high schools receive cash prizes. 

"We are glad to see strong interest of students in the contest and also from these six teens who will help DMV continue to make this contest a valuable learning lesson for students across the state," said DMV Commissioner Melody A. Currey. The contest theme will be announced in September.

DMV last year created a special advisors program for teens to run major parts of the contest that draws hundreds of participants annually. A panel of safety advocates ranks the top five videos among those submitted. Travelers, the contest's corporate prize sponsor for the last four years, awards the prizes to winning students' high schools.

Read more about this on the state's website.