About eDrive
eDrive consists of over 100 real-life driving situations filmed on NZ roads with you right in the drivers seat.
Clicking on hazards as they appear, answering questions on what you have seen and practicing road commentary are just a few ways that eDrive helps drivers become safer behind the wheel. The interactive and fun teaching style covers everything from how to deal with dangerous overtakers to kids running across the road, night driving, and much more.
eDrive can be completed in one sitting of two to three hours but can also be spread out and tackled one section at a time whenever convenient. Because the programme is internet based it can be accessed from any computer and at any time of the day for the next nine months. Once you have completed the program you can redo all the failed checkpoints or replay the videos of the checkpoints you have passed.
Background
15-24 year-old New Zealanders face some of the highest crash rates in the OECD.
They are involved in 37% of all fatal crashes yet they make up only 16% of all licensed drivers.
The deaths and serious injuries of New Zealanders on our roads affect thousands of New Zealand families.
This waste of life is preventable.
Many people think that driver education is about knowing how to handle a car in an emergency.
The truth is that this type of training has been proven to be ineffective and, in some cases, it actually makes drivers more dangerous because their confidence develops far faster than their skills.
Research has shown that training in mental skills such as scanning the road, hazard perception and managing risk helps drivers to avoid getting into an emergency situation in the first place and increases their performance in areas that lead to a lower crash risk. Technological developments mean that this training can be effectively provided through online video-based traffic simulations.
The eDrive system uses state-of-the-art technology to deliver high-resolution video-based traffic simulations directly to students' homes and classrooms. From the safety of a computer, eDrive teaches drivers skills that will reduce their risk of a crash on the road.
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