Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, Novembor 23, 1994,Page 27 Students challenged to reduce accidents Bridgestone Ire and Young Drivers of Canada are challenging high school students te help reduce trafflc collisions among Canadian teens. The two companes are accepting entries for the third annuel Bridgestone Tire/Young Drivers of Canada Student Video Contest, which will reward students who moat effectively communicate a safe driving megei a video. hOrblef is that students are more likely te listen te, their peers than anyone else when it cornes te road safety,' says Stuart t Ballentyne, Bridgestone's mana- ger of public and corporate relations. "If students are talking te each other, working together and creating videos that make a difference, they may help te, save the lives of their own friends." The contest offers scholarships tof $5,000, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively te the producers of the hast three videos as judged by a panel consisting of English- and French-speaking Canadian secondary school students. In ad tion, prizes will be awarded te the schools whose students have produced the winning videos. SThe sehool which takes first lace will receive a Sony Hendycam, video editing controller and videocassette recorder. The second-place school will receive 100 heurs of Sony VHS videotap&* while the third-place school will receive 50 heurs of Son VHS videotape. %ets bad enough that traffic collisions represent the number one killer of teens in Canada, but whaes worse is that this tragedy is avoidable," says Andrea Shelton, manager of public relations for Young Drivers of Canada. We hope that by encouraging Veh idces donated to charitable trust J Since Parkinson Charitable tTrust instituted its motor vehicle donation program three months ago, almost 100 vehicles have been donated, including cars, trucks, boats and aven two snowmebiles. Donors can selI their vehicles by calling 1-800-463-5681. They avoid the costs and hassie of certifying, advertising or govrnment sales kits required when selling their vehicle j privataly. Their vahicle is piclced up premptly, usuelly within one %veek, sold and the donor receives a tex recipt fer the sale prica or students te express in their videôs the impprtance of drivij defensivelv and seeinLe the road i~ a different way, they cen help to change some very sad statistics." Video entries must be between 90 and 120 seconds and be post-marked no later than Dec. 31, 1994. The winners will be -LIMITED EDITION- VALUE PRICED AT YOUR CHEVROLET GEO e OLDSMOBILE STORE LOOK.SNO SMALL PRINT announced in February, 1995 at the Toronto International Auto Show and notified by mail. 24HORSA DA ON 195 OE. F A