In 2015, 10,265 people died in alcohol-impaired crashes, an increase of nearly 300 from the year before. Every day, twenty-eight people in the United States die in a drunk driving vehicle crash (NHTSA). When you really think about it, that is one person every fifty-three minutes. Lets do something about it. This virtual reality experience will take you through the journey of an intoxicated individual. For example, when the app is first accessed, the user will be able to choose one of six stages of intoxication. One or two shots, Smear phase, Muddy phase, Can’t stand phase, Paralyzed phase, and last the Danger phase. Lets say one chooses the fourth stage. The fourth stage starts at a bar. You are the in the bar with some friends and hours go by and you now have a blood alcohol level of 0.16. That is twice the legal BAC level. You think you are okay to drive; however, you really are not. Users of this will start to feel dizzy or in other words, feel like a drunk person. Users will actually be able to feel how dangerous it is to drive under the influence and the app will be designed to see how difficult it is to drive intoxicated. At some point in the stage, a police officer will approach you and the user of this will have to attempt to walk on a straight line using your own balance and movements. The vision will become blurry and it will actually seem as if in reality you are really under the influence. As the stages increase, so does your risk of being involved in a crash alone or even with someone else. These situations can result in death involving either yourself, whomever you are with, or a total stranger. The purpose of this app is to create a sense of emotion and to decrease or altogether stop the effects of driving under the influence. This is a learning experience for those who do drink and for those who do not drink. By the time you finish all the stages, users will have a different insight as to how mistakes of yourself can affect someone else or how if it were you struct by a drunk driver, how someone else can effect those you love. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes. Would you want to suffer the consequences because of your carelessness?
1.What excites you about this project and why?
The idea that this idea could save many lives.
2.What do you want to see more of and why?
would the simulation show the user what it would feel like to drive the car and be in an accident or suffer the consequences?
3.What additional evidence does the audience need for you to be convinced that this research is complete?
what alcohol does to the brain. how it impairs it.
I liked the way that we get to see the effects of drinking while driving because it might discourage people from drinking and driving. One thing that would be beneficial for your app is if we got to see the growing affects of alcohol as you continue to drink and drive. One thing that you might want to add is seeing the aftermath of your drinking and driving.
1) I think this is a really good idea. Many people these days don’t think twice about drunk driving. It seems like nothing to them until something dangerous happens. This app may help them realize how messy things could get.
2) Nothing more Id want to see
3) Great use of evidence.
1. I liked the different stages because you get to experience a drunk person.
2. A picture of a drunk person could’ve been added.
3. Good evidence dealing with drunk driving statics.
This pitch has great evidence and is one that will show the realities of Drunk Driving and it’s domino effect on peoples lives. It not only affects the driver it affects families as well. What if this pitch was not only drunk driving, but the general abuse of alcohol and what it does to people and their surroundings.
I like that it can put you in a drunk state and shows you the impact it has on others when you are like that.
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Explained everything really well and added alot of evidence to support your idea.
1. This idea excites me because it can give people a perspective on how dangerous it is to drive drunk.
2. More info on why its so dangerous to drive drunk and what the “limit” realistically is.
3. Maybe more evidence on how other simulations have went.
1. It seems like a neat simulation because people can see the effects and aftermath of drunk driving.
2. I want to know how will it work?
3. How will this simulation prevent drunk driving and save lives?
1) This is the one I voted for. This will help me understand how people die from car crashes.
2) You could add a story of someone who died of drunk driving for people for people to become empathetic.
3) Good evidence, and great prior knowledge on drunk driving levels.
This could be very useful in educating youth on the effects of drinking and driving. However, where are you getting the “stages” from? Are they defined in research? Make sure you cite all of your outside research clearly.