Assignment 9A - Testing the Hypothesis Part 2

Who: After interviewing five more unique individuals, I was able to figure out which types of people made up my boundaries and which types lie outside them. The people that were in my boundary and felt they were in need or would purchase a breathalyzer installed in their car, were what I expected, college students who go out to bars and parties frequently, and have their own cars. Also, I had figured that a concerned parent of a college student or of a young adult with an affluent nightlife would be in this boundary and my suspicions were confirmed. Yet I also found some people that fall into this demographic or a similar one, fall outside the boundary.

• One of my interviewees was a college freshmen here at UF, but what separated him and many other individuals like him from other college students that feel they are a risk to drinking and driving is their access to their own vehicles. Many freshmen do not have their own cars on campus, therefore, they believe cannot be a risk for drunk driving. Many of them do go out to bars and parties as well, but rely on Uber, or walk, or some other transportation service to get home, so they feel as if they do not currently have the need for a way to keep safe from drunk driving
•            Another group of people that i found felt exempt from this need yet, i thought they would not be, were those college students or young adults that did not go out as much, but still did sometimes. Speaking on behalf of people similar to the girl I interviewed, she said that those that do not go out as much were at a much lower risk of drinking and driving, solely because they just do not have the opportunity to have the chance to, as often as others. Even though it only takes one time to cause great harm driving under the influence, these individuals feel as if they are not a risk of doing so simply because of their infrequency to go out.

What:  I had just assumed that drunk driving was a result of people driving drunk solely for convenience, whether it was because you have no other way to get home, or because you did not want to leave your car somewhere and get it later, but, from what I found in a past interview,  drunk driving can also be a result of someone, likely high school teenagers or college students, attempting to prove how "cool" they are or skillful they are to their friends behind the wheel while drunk. The breathalyzer can stop those driving alone if they are drunk, but in a car with friends, there always could be a possibility of someone else passing the breathalyzer test, and then a different individual actually drive the car. You cannot rule out anything, and peer pressure, and bad choices like this is especially common in the age groups that are most likely to have drunk driving incidents.

Why: Those outside the boundary, feel they are not part of the group that would consider themselves risks to drunk driving and should get this product, because of their belief that they will rarely, or never, be in a situation where they have a choice to drive under the influence or not. 

 

                 Inside the Boundary                                                              Outside the Boundary

 WHO:             College students who understand                                         College students and young

              that they are a risk to drive drunk                                                adults that feel as if they 

              and feel they should protect themselves                                      do not have the resources or

             from making bad decisions when drunk                                   go out enough to be a risk

             

WHAT:            To Protect people vulnerable to                                     To prevent people from

                         drinking and driving from making                                 drinking too much so they

                         a bad decision that can have serious                             cannot drive their cars home

                         consequences

WHY:           Too many people are dying each                                  To stop accidents from occuring

                      year from the reckless decisions                                   To maximize safety on the roads

                      made by those who are drunk and                               To ensure responsible alcohol

                      decide to put people's lives at risk                                consumption