Between Life and Death

Your Ideas Your Initiatives

WHY?

• Careless drivers have always been a major problem in Turkey.

• Drivers in Turkey don't give much respect to pedestrians.

• Therefore, we developed the ‘Between Life and Death’ project in order to draw attention to risky behaviors and educate our peers.

Things We Did

• We prepared a video about road safety.• We designed a poster.• We prepared a survey and have students take the

survey.• We hang posters around the hallway and classrooms.• We gave a lecture about risky behavior in traffic to

different classes.• We had the students take the survey again a week

later.

Survey

• Our survey consists of 14 questions.• 4 questions are asked before the presentation.• 10 questions are asked before and after the

presentation to see the differences.

General Results From Surveys

Have you or has any of your relatives had any accidents recently? If yes, why?

a. Nob. Yes, due to drunk driving.c. Yes, due to cell phone usage while driving.d. Yes, due to sleep deprivation.e. Yes, due to driving too fast.f. Yes, due to violating traffic rules.g. Yes, due to any other reason.

General Results From Surveys

Have you ever ridden in a car that’s been driven by someone who was somewhat drunk?

a. Neverb. I’m not surec. Onced. More than once

General Results From Surveys

Which group do you think is responsible for the most risky behav-iour in traffic?

a. Motorcycle driversb. 45+ aged driversc. 35-44 aged driversd. 25-34 aged driverse. 18-24 ages driversf. Pedestriang. Commercial drivers

General Results From Surveys

How much do you know about first aid?

a. None b. I’m not certified but I’m familiar with the concept.c. I’m experienced but not certified.d. I’m certified but not experienced.e. I’m certified and experienced.

Video

• We started our work to find out the best way to teach everyone, and we started to design our video.

• We tried to make the video as simple and understandable as we could.

Then, we shown the video in classes.

Then, we shown the video in classes.

Poster

• We also thought that posters would attract people to the topic, so we designed a poster related to our topic ideas and shocking truths linked to the theme and how to avoid risk.

We made our poster.

We hang copies of the poster around the hallway.

We also hang posters in classes.

Then, we gave a lecture regarding risky behavior and road safety in classes.

Survey Results

Before After

How often do yo

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How often do yo

u use cro

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How often do yo

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asses?

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80

100

120

a. Neverb. Hardly Everc. Sometimesd. Oftene. Always

How often do yo

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How often do yo

u use cro

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How often do yo

u use su

bways a

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100

a. Neverb. Hardly Everc. Sometimesd. Oftene. Always

Survey Results

Before After

Do you know how much the fine is for drunk driving?

Do you think the traffic penalties in effect are deterrent enough?

Do you think the traffic inspections are effective enough?

Do you know speed limit for intracity?

If you were in a hurry and had to drive, would you exceed the speed limit?

Do you think traffic surveillance cameras help reduce accidents?

0 50 100 150 200

c. Nob. Not surea. Yes

Do you know how much the fine is for drunk driving?

Do you think the traffic penalties in effect are deterrent enough?

Do you think the traffic inspections are effective enough?

Do you know speed limit for intracity?

If you were in a hurry and had to drive, would you exceed the speed limit?

Do you think traffic surveillance cameras help reduce accidents?

0 50 100 150 200

c. Nob. Not surea. Yes

Survey Results

Before After

How dangerous do you think it is to use cell phones while driving?

a. Totally safeb. Safe enoughc. Depends on the driverd. Dangerouse. Very dangerous

How dangerous do you think it is to use cell phones while driving?

a. Totally safeb. Safe enoughc. Depends on the driverd. Dangerouse. Very dangerous

Conclusion

• According to these results from the surveys, we know that we changed some minds.

• However, we were only able to talk with students in our school; thus, we weren’t able to change thousands of minds.

• The project can be improved by doing it in a bigger scale. (e.g. hanging posters all around the city)