Minnesota Department of Public Safety • Office of Traffic Safety • www.dps.state.mn.us/ots

Minnesota has voted and the 2009 Buckle Up, Teens! TV Commercial Contest winner is

Nothing Can Replace A Life

by Matt Ferro of Plymouth, Minnesota.


Congratulations to all of the finalists!

  • 1st Place: $1,000
    “Nothing Can Replace a Life” — 7,329 votes
    Producer: Matt Ferro

  • 2nd Place: $600
    “When the Time Is Right” — 1,792 votes
    Producers: Mitchell Konieczny and Carrie Boike, Tom Chester, Mitch Fader, Kylen Vossen

  • 3rd Place: $400
    “Buckle Up Teens” — 764 votes
    Producers: Juliet Farmer and Tereza Avila, Caitlyn Conway, Claire Cunningham,
    Joe Gherity, Claire Godfrey, Zoe Morgan, Joe Nelson, Lutia Von Drasell

Enter the 2010 “Don’t Text and Drive, Teens” contest!

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  • Nothing Can Replace a Life

  • Producer: Matt Ferro
  • School: Wayzata High School, Plymouth
  • Winner: 7,329 votes
  • When the Time Is Right, Buckle Up

  • Producers: Mitchell Konieczny and Carrie Boike, Tom Chester, Mitch Fader, Kylen Vossen
  • School: Willmar Senior High School, Willmar
  • 2nd Place: 1,792 votes
  • Buckle Up, Teens!

  • Producers: Juliet Farmer and Tereza Avila, Caitlyn Conway, Claire Cunningham, Joe Gherity, Claire Godfrey, Zoe Morgan, Joe Nelson, Lutia Von Drasell
  • School: Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul
  • 3rd Place: 764 votes
  • For Those You Love

  • Producers: Dylan Borger and Ryan Grams, Adrian Rink
  • School: Home-schooled, Elk River
  • Buckle Up, Save a Life

  • Producers: Neil Gleason and Shane Anderson, Michael Bonde, Megan Enmark, Jensen Maiden, Bekah Jacobson, Dani Shepard
  • School: Buffalo High School, Buffalo
  • A Brother’s Loss

  • Producers: Michael Bonde and Jacob Bonde, Ryan Bonde
  • School: Buffalo High School, Buffalo