IMPACT - Traffic safety campaigns for young people

Vankov, Daniel; Kaufmann, Clemens

doi:10.5507/tots.2017.003

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“…The study was implemented similar to interventions undertaken by road safety advocacy groups in their regular activities [17,S2 Appendix]. Such interventions are easily replicable once the initial investment of purchasing the necessary hardware and software is made.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Such interventions are easily replicable once the initial investment of purchasing the necessary hardware and software is made. However, many such interventions are not robustly evaluated [17,S2 Appendix]. Thus, the collected self-reported data provided information that was not readily available from other sources.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Such support can amount to up to 150,000 EUR. Despite the prestigious support, the wide outreach and the positive reception of the VR intervention, also similar to other real-world road safety interventions [ 17 ], the project promoters did not succeed in assessing whether their intervention triggered a behavioural change in the participants ( S2 Appendix ).…”

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Can’t simply roll it out: Evaluating a real-world virtual reality intervention to reduce driving under the influence

2021

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Driving under the influence (DUI) increases the risk of crashes. Emerging technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), represent potentially powerful and attractive tools for the prevention of risky behaviours, such as DUI. Therefore, they are embraced in prevention efforts with VR interventions primed to grow in popularity in near future. However, little is known about the actual effectiveness of such DUI-targeting VR interventions. To help fill the knowledge gap, this study explored the effects of one VR intervention as delivered in the real world. Using pre and post test design, including an intervention group (n = 98) and a control group (n = 39), the intervention evaluation examined young drivers’ (aged 18 to 25, no known history of DUI) intention and self-reported behaviour three months after the intervention as compared to the baseline. The results did not provide evidence for statistically significant effects of the VR intervention on self-reported DUI behaviour during the three months post intervention and DUI intention at three months post intervention. Such results might be due to the fact that the recruited participants generally self-reported little DUI behaviour, i.e. positively changing behaviour that is already positive is inherently challenging. Nevertheless, the results question the utility of funding the roll-out of arguably attractive technologies without a thorough understanding of their effectiveness in particular settings. To improve the potential for future positive outcomes of such interventions, we provide suggestions on how VR software might be further developed and, subsequently, leveraged in future research to improve the likelihood for behavioural change, e.g. by collecting, analysing and presenting objective driving performance data. Alternatively, future endeavours might focus on participants with known DUI history and examine the effects of the VR intervention for this particular higher-risk group.

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Section: Strengthsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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