(Sarah Fearing/WYDaily)
The high school winner of a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles license plate design contest will be named Thursday — and one of the finalists in the running is a Jamestown High School student.
Gov. Ralph Northam will name the winner of the Take Action Against Distraction design contest at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Virginia State Capitol in the Old House Chamber, according to a DMV news release.
The winner will receive a $1,000 grand prize from AAA.
In addition to the winner being announced, all eight finalists from across the state will also be honored by Northam, Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), AAA, and members of the General Assembly, the release said.
One of the eight finalists in the distracted driving plate contest is Jamestown High School junior Abigail Polansky.
Her design shows a human head with a cell phone, several Z’s, a burger and drink inside where the brain would be. At the bottom, the license plate reads “One distraction can delay your reaction.”
Voting for the grand prize winner opened for the contest Feb. 20 and ended March 20.
The contest received more than 200 entries, and the eight final entries received more than 17,000 votes.
For more information on the license plate contest, visit the DMV Take Action Against Distraction License Plate Contest website.
