Road of illusions

Gramada

Date: 25 August 2011

Venue: in front of Gramada municipality

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 03 September 2011

Venue: Circuit Zolder

Sofia

Date: 09 September 2011

Venue: in front of Ministry of Health

Help me!

This world needs you,
as I need your hand…
This world loves you,
as I love your soul.
Help me, when I’m alone,
when something worries me,
and I will give you something else,
I will teach you what I know!
Help me when I need you in trouble!
Help me, when it is scary,
and I will free you from another danger!
Here is my hand, let it protect you, so you will not worry.
I give it to you, my powers, my heart…
Lets help each other with whatever is possible…
Lets live holding our hands!

Savina Atansova

Alcogoggles

The alcogoggles that simulate vision with different concentration of alcohol in the blood (e.g. between 0.7 and 1 promile), allow the participant to experience vision under influence while actually being sober.
The alcogoggles are an internationally popular evidenced-based prevention tool used to educate people of all ages about the consequences of alcohol misuse and abuse. The goggles use special lens technology that allows the wearer to experience a realistic simulation of impairment. They simulate six distinct impairment levels and are available in a clear or shaded version to simulate either daytime or nighttime conditions. A popular activity to conduct with them is to perform Standard Field Sobriety Tests such as walking a straight line heal-to-toe or the one-legged stand. Due to the loss of balance and equilibrium produced by the goggles, the wearer will exhibit behaviors that are similar to that of someone under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.

Road of illusions

Road Safety Institute „Panos Mylonas” – Greece

Objectives:

- To convince, mainly young people, to drive safely without being under the influence of alcohol
- To inform the participants about the results of hyper-consumption of alcohol when they are driving and not only
- To change the mentality of drink and driving

This particular campaign is an awareness campaign for young people and aims not only to inform them to drive safely without the influence of drink but at the same time to participate in an illusion of experiencing influence of alcohol to their health and their lives.
This campaign will take place at a University and also in the central municipal center called Technopolis (from now on be known as exhibition places), since it is for young people.
In the reception of the exhibition place there will be a stand with printed informative material regarding our subject: safe driving without alcohol.
Afterwards the young person will have the possibility to walk on a giant carpet which will be a virtual road with red cones as road obstacles. The volunteer will inform the visitor that this is the safe way to drive, without the influence of alcohol.
Then our volunteer will give the visitor/younger to wear a pair of special glasses called Alcovision goggles which is an awareness tool aiming at sensitizing younger on the effects of alcohol on the vision (balance, reflexes, etc), while the visitor is walking and the volunteer at the same time ask from him/her to imagine that he/she is driving.
It must be mentioned that once you wear the goggles, you are experiencing, how alcohol really affects your vision. Under the influence of alcohol, as your vision changes progressively, you are not aware of this modification.
This tool allows volunteers to dialogue with youngsters about the effects of alcohol on their driving skills (alteration of movement control).
At the end of the activity at the front desk the visitor/participants will have the opportunity to get some information for the basic First Aid by our trained volunteers, in order, for them, to be able to offer help in the case of a car accident.

For the campaign you need: a stand with leaflets and information material regarding safe driving without alcohol; a giant sticker which will be a virtual road with red cones as road obstacles; alcovision goggles.

Drive responsibly: Open Youth - Bulgaria

Objectives:

-    to reduce the road accidents, caused by young people;
-    to improve the driving habits of the young drivers;
-    to reach directly a large number of young people through positive peer-to-peer communication and attractive tools.
Head thinking makes the difference: GARE - Portugal

We believe that this action will be a multidimensional approach of health care.
The interest/objective of this action is to coordinate many health topics and to educate young people.
The action aims to sensitize the youngsters on important topics of road safety and VIH, to tackle the problem of risky behaviors among 12- 30 years.
Eight giant steps for health promotion: LASER EUROPE - France

The campaign is a multi dimensional approach of health care. The health is a global topic and its education and danger awareness take a lot of figures. The interest in this Tour is to coordinate many health topics and to educate young people in one plenty day.
The action aims to sensitize the youngsters on important topics of health, to tackle the problem of risky behaviors among 16-29 years, to reduce the prevalence of not suitable health conducts.
Partypeers: VAD – Belgium

Partypeers objectives are:

- Informing and sensitizing about the effects and risks of alcohol and illegal drugs use in recreational settings.
- Informing and sensitizing about the effects and risks of alcohol, illegal drugs use and tiredness on driving skills.
- Informing about the legal aspects of driving under influence of alcohol and illegal drugs.
- Drivers take a break (pit stop) on their way home.