2015 Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge

Apr 17, 2015

Toyota has teamed up with Discovery Education once again for the fourth annual Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge. For this year, a there was over 1,000 submissions, which the two companies then narrowed down to ten finalists. The ten finalists videos are now available for viewing on http://www.teendrive365inschool.com/contests/6/vote where the public can go from now until April 30, to view the videos and vote on their favorite. The top selected video will be named the People’s Choice Winner and will receive a $5,000 cash prize.

In addition to the People’s Choice Winner, a first, second and third place winner will be announced after being selected by a panel of judges from Toyota and Discovery education. The first prize winner will receive $15,000 and the opportunity to have their film made into an official Toyota PSA for Distracted driving. The second place winner will receive $10,000 and a behind-the-scenes trip for two to a Velocity network show taping and the third place winner will receive $7,500.

“Each year we are impressed by the creativity and talent of the young filmmakers who enter the Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge and this year was no exception,” said Michael Rouse, President of the Toyota U.S.A. Foundation. “At Toyota we believe that when good ideas are shared great things can happen. We applaud the teens who entered the challenge to share their vision to improve safe driving among their peers.”

The Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge was originally created as a way to promote safer driving habits amongst teen drivers and to showcase the talents of aspiring teenage filmmakers. Each of the video submissions are designed as a PSA to help promote the dangers of distracted driving especially when it comes to cell phone usage and texting.

Check out the video above to see the PSA created from last year’s grand prize winning submission.