SIDNE® vs. Golf Cart+Fatal Vision®

 

We periodically encounter customers who tell us about their impaired driving prevention program using a standard golf cart and Fatal Vision. From the stories we hear, most of these programs have been very positive from the perspective of creating a memorable and meaningful message on the dangers of impaired driving.

 

S.I.D.N.E.  (Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience) came about after we observed some potentially dangerous situations involving golf carts.  Because of our commitment to excellent impaired driving prevention programming and safety, we decided to develop a safe way to demonstrate the dangers of impaired driving that didn’t involve using a golf cart.

 

SIDNE offers a realistic simulation of driving a car.  Features that contribute to this include:

 

We have engineered SIDNE from the ground up for the safe delivery of your impaired driving prevention message.  Its low center of gravity makes it very stable and prevents rollovers.  For added safety, a roll bar for the unlikely event of a rollover and two ELR (Emergency Locking Retractable) seatbelts in case of a crash.  We have added three separate options for emergency stops – a handbrake for the driver; the transmitter with the Brake button; and a power switch on SIDNE’s receiver collar.  All of these allow for power to be cut and stop SIDNE safely and immediately.

 

In addition, we deliver a half day training session for your SIDNE crew to learn about SIDNE’s features and to practice delivering your new SIDNE program.  This session helps prepare staff to react properly to different scenarios while operating SIDNE.   More than half of the session is spent on the course practicing with SIDNE.  Participants learn how to:

 

Your awareness message is clear, the student experiences how it feels when reaction time is slowed and they are unable to make a turn or a stop, even when they thought they had ample time.  This demonstration helps the SIDNE driver to experience first hand that their skills do not improve or stay the same when impairment delays their reactions.