Kid can do better in the crosswalk

This article is about technology, in specific virtual reality, in this case: virtual street. The article was wrote by Rachel Nuwer and she explain us why this program is important. One of the most common sources of injuries and fatalities for children around the world, is traffic accidents, when they are crossing the crosswalk. For example in the European Union, children younger than 14 years account for a higher proportion of pedestrian mortalities than any other age group, except the elderly in the U.S.For instance, in Israel, the numbers are particularly chilling, there, kids account for 20% of pedestrian death. Studies have found that youngsters are less adept at identifying road hazards than adults Anat Meir wanted to pinpoint exactly which behaviors lead to accidents, with the goals of finding way to correct them, to do that without putting anyone in danger, she turned to virtual reality and simulated 18 prototypical streets in Israel and used an eyetracking device to study how 46 adults and children evaluated when it was safe to cross. Intervention do seem to improve crossing success.After that, Meir compared trainee's and control kid's performance in the virtual road crossing task. The children who received safety instructions were significantly better at crossing than the control subject. In my opinion this article is important, first, because we can be conscious about this problem and how not have vial education and unknown safety instruction affect our children every day and they can death. Second, we can understand how important is give to our children safety instruction or create training program to improve skill to pedestrian when they have to cross.