>> this report is brought to you by the national road safety foundation. 17-year-old rebecca rapinave a dream come true, and the people she's meeting are gonna help make it happen. >> we're videotaping my psa that i won a contest for. >> called "drive 2 life," it's a national competition for kids to come up with ideas for a tv spot that encourages teens to drive safely. and it's sponsored by the national road safety foundation, in partnership with scholastic. top prize -- getting to work with a professional director and crew to bring the concept to reality. >> all right. so, we're gonna carpool it, and we're gonna go to the location. >> while the crew got things ready for the shoot, rebecca and the director walked through her storyboards. >> it starts here, and they're eating, and then they're -- instead of texting, they're writing. the message i was trying to get across with my psa is that, like, people should just be driving safer and that, like, just the littlest thing you're doing in your car could, like, make a huge accident. >> so, we turned your storyboards into a television

the concept came from rebecca rapin of michigan. her idea for a public service announcement about distracted driving was the winning entry in this year's drive 2 life contest. part of the prize was a trip to new york, to work with professionals to transform her concept into a real television message. >> and i learned about, like, filming directions and lighting and kind of like how, when you film, everything has to be, like, right on the dot. >> now she's on the spot. it's time to present the completed psa to the client, the national road safety foundation. >> and we shot everything yesterday, and everything was smooth. and we edited it all day today, and this is what we came up with. [ rock 'n' roll plays ] [ horn honks ] [ camera shutter clicks ] [ music ends ] >> yeah, that's good. nice, nice. >> i think it's great because you were actually able to show a variety of distractions in the car. >> there has been a lot in the news about texting while driving, but rebecca's psa shows there are all kinds of ways we take our eyes, our ha