OIL CITY, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association Safety Management Council, and Northwest Regional Safety Network, held a regional teen driving competition yesterday in Greenville with area high schools, local law enforcement and business partners.
Twenty-seven teens from nine Mercer County high schools competed for more than $1,800 in prizes, and a spot in the statewide contest for a $3,000 scholarship.
The competition included a series of tests geared toward determining who the county’s top teen driver is. To qualify for the competition, each student is required to have a license or combination of a permit and a license for at least one year, during which time the teen could not be involved in a crash or receive a traffic citation.
Pennsylvania State Police, local law enforcement officers, professional truck drivers, and other driving experts were on hand Thursday to administer the exams.