Allstate Testing Whether Games Improve Driving

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Allstate has a new pilot program called InSight that is testing people to see if video games make them better drivers. Don’t get too excited, they are only testing 100,000 customers 50 to 75 years old. Bummer.

Under a new pilot program called InSight, Allstate will offer specialized computer games to 100,000 customers in Pennsylvania aged 50 to 75. The games' developer, San Francisco-based Posit Science, will track the total number of hours these drivers play.
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great - now senior citizens will run someone over IRL and blame it on gta...
 
absolutely. It gives you an acute focus that you dont have naturally.
 
Guess that means Steve is eligible.....right?
 
101998 said:
Focusing on driving makes you a better driver. I doubt a video game is going to teach people how to focus on the present.




Zing!
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it trains your eyes i think to take in more information and notice little things. I play a lot of games and im a very alert driver, although may be a coincidence.
 
I would add to the idea of driving games helping driving skills that...

... EAX and multipoint surround sound help me notice other small sounds coming from around me with increased concentration.





"A man with a thousand of these could rule all of Asia."

Oh, sorry... Ironman... shiny....
 
Once I read this research about video game helping surgeon to do their job better. I think it has something to do with hand-eye coordination
 
Better hand and eye coordination, timing, concentration, and it keeps the brain active, use it or lose it. Old people who don't keep mentally active are more likely to suffer mental decline.
 
Once I read this research about video game helping surgeon to do their job better. I think it has something to do with hand-eye coordination
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I have to question about how previous studies were conducted though. It must be the devil's advocate in me. For example did the surgeon play a psp for 15 minutes then go immediately into surgery? What would happen if they played for 15-30 minutes, but performed surgery 24 hours later, would it have the same effect?
 
riot8ap said:
I have to question about how previous studies were conducted though. It must be the devil's advocate in me. For example did the surgeon play a psp for 15 minutes then go immediately into surgery? What would happen if they played for 15-30 minutes, but performed surgery 24 hours later, would it have the same effect?
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I recall reading this ages ago.... I was helping a friend with an assignment that was arguing the benefits of gaming. I've found an article on this although its not the one i originally read.

http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/142/2/181
"Results Past video game play in excess of 3 h/wk correlated with 37% fewer errors (P<.02) and 27% faster completion "

It should be commonly accepted by now that video games are a very powerful tool in strengthening and developing both congnetive thinking and hand-eye co-ordination.

So in that manner think of it as a tool for training your hand eye co-ordination... Like going to the gym... you aren't going to suddenly be more fitter and stronger just because you spent 30min at the gym but do it on a regular basis for a few hours a week and there will be great benefits.
 
"Only" testing 100,000 customers. Seems like a real study to me.

I always become a more agressive driver after marathon gaming sessions. I know my shields will protect me from that Tie Interceptor (Corolla) beside me and I can just reset if I run into the Star Destroyer (Starbucks) ahead.
 
riot8ap said:
I have to question about how previous studies were conducted though. It must be the devil's advocate in me. For example did the surgeon play a psp for 15 minutes then go immediately into surgery? What would happen if they played for 15-30 minutes, but performed surgery 24 hours later, would it have the same effect?
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Yeah but how would you accurately measure that?
 
I doubt it makes you a better driver. I once got into playing Need for Speed a lot. One day after playing it for quite a while, I went somewhere that night and I felt myself wanting to drive like I was in the game. I was on people's bumpers, wanting to squeeze through 2 cars, LOL.
 
htpc_user said:
I doubt it makes you a better driver. I once got into playing Need for Speed a lot. One day after playing it for quite a while, I went somewhere that night and I felt myself wanting to drive like I was in the game. I was on people's bumpers, wanting to squeeze through 2 cars, LOL.
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hahaha
 
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