An evaluation of the Safe Drive Stay Alive road safety presentation ...

41ContentStudents were most positive when asked about the content of the SDSA event,particularly in terms of perceiving it as being „suitable for people their age‟ and„informative‟. This is encouraging, as indicates that the information provided was notperceived as being a revised visit to the „same old‟ road safety talk they wereexposed to as younger children.Again, both of these reactions were more prevalent amongst female students (whotend to be more positive about most aspects relating to the event).Q28. Response to SDSA event elementsWeighted base: AllTotalMaleFemale(422)(252)(170)Was suitable for people myageMean score 6.14 6.01 6.35Standard deviation 1.17 1.25 1.0Was informativeMean score 6.01 5.88 6.21Standard deviation 1.12 1.20 0.97ReactionThe event also received positive feedback in terms of the impact it had on thestudents, as perceived by them. Around 4 in 10 students strongly agreed that theywould remember the event in the future and that it made them realise howdangerous driving a car can be.In addition to this, over a third of students commented on how shocking the eventwas which ties in with comments made in the qualitative research.