According to the Department of Transportation, there is no more effective safety device than a seat belt or a child safety seat. GEICO urges all young artists, computer artists and videographers to creatively spread the message that safety belts save lives.

Each fall, GEICO invites students across the country to use their imagination to film, design, draw, paint, color or cut and paste an original picture and message emphasizing the importance of using safety belts. Computer-generated art is also encouraged.

Three ways to enter the 2009 Safety Belt Poster and Video Contest!

Hand-drawn posters:
There are four age groups: 6-to-8, 9-11, 12-15, and 16-18 for poster entries. All entries are initially judged against other age group posters from the same region. First-place winners from eight regions advance to the national judging.

Computer-generated posters:
All ages are invited to enter this category and there will be one grand-prize winner.

Videos:
Students ages 15-18 are encouraged to submit videos and there will be up to five top video
grand-prize winners.

Show the importance of using safety belts in your video through sketch comedy, music video, song performance, documentary style, viral video, reality show style or animation. You can share your experience or voice your option – be creative!

Film shot and edited entirely by student
Length of video up to 2 minutes and file size under 100mb