VIRTUAL REALITY ROAD SAFETY DEMONSTRATION

Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) have launched a new virtual reality road safety education programme, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, to help reduce death and serious injuries on the roads.

Entitled ‘Your Choice’, the programme is designed for young drivers and passengers aged 16 – 24 using virtual reality technology to place the young person into a hard hitting road safety scenario via specially designed goggles.  As a front seat passenger in the virtual world, the young person will be part of a crash scene and will experience the dramatic sights and sounds of emergency services arriving on the scene and the resulting rescue and removal of the casualties.

Students have the opportunity to try out the new technology highlighting the dangers on our roads and the consequences of poor decision making and choices.

This is open to all students and will take place in the glass room at the reception area of the Lisburn campus from 10am on 30 May