Safety Education VR "Dri-VR (Driver)" Traffic Safety Learning VR 15th Edition "National and Expressway Edition" Release Announcement

Thunderbolt Interactive LLC (Headquarters: Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture, Representative: Takeshi Yasuda) will release "National and Expressway Edition," the 15th installment of its traffic safety education VR "Dri-VR (Driver)," on April 1, 2026.

## Achieved through joint development with a major automobile manufacturer

"Dri-VR (Driver)," a pioneering safety education VR content for traffic accidents and industrial accidents, which began sales in 2017, released its "Drunk Driving Edition" in October 2023.
Since then, it has been introduced by many automobile-related companies, companies with many employees commuting by car, and companies that frequently use company vehicles, receiving positive feedback such as "accidents have decreased."

This time, we jointly developed the "National and Expressway Edition," which was particularly requested, with a major automobile manufacturer. (The company name is withheld at the request of the company.)

## Cannot be created by AI! Realistic accident experience created with actual roads and a Hollywood stunt team

Since the first "Car Accident Edition" in 2017, safety education VR "Dri-VR" has consistently developed and sold content based on the concept of "realistic accident experiences and education that cannot be created by CG or AI."

The "National and Expressway Edition" also uses actual roads, and with the cooperation of the stunt team "B-ST Entertainment Co., Ltd." (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture), which is active in domestic action films and Hollywood movies, we have achieved a realistic accident experience that CG and AI cannot provide.

## Not just experiencing accidents! You can effectively learn "accident → cause → safe response methods" in a short time!

The characteristic of our safety education VR "Dri-VR" lies in its effective learning method, which utilizes accident re-experience and the characteristics of VR.

Similarly, the "National and Expressway Edition" allows users to effectively learn "accident → cause → safe response methods" in a short time (approximately 3-5 minutes per scene).

By repeatedly experiencing the VR-specific learning method in a short time, the learning effect is enhanced, and the effect of preventing accidents is increased.

### 1. Re-experience the accident

First, users will experience accidents tailored to each situation from the driver's perspective.

### 2. Explanation of the accident cause

Why did the accident happen?
While re-experiencing, we will carefully explain from various perspectives tailored to the situation.

### 3. Learn safe operations and checks

Utilizing the characteristics of VR, users can learn safe driving without feeling it's someone else's problem.
Furthermore, by repeatedly experiencing and learning from the same accident, safety driving awareness becomes more "habitualized," preventing accidents.

*Scenes 1-3 are experienced continuously (experience time is 3-5 minutes per scene).

## "National and Expressway Edition" has a total of 8 accident experience learning scenes!

### Scene 1: Following distance

Learn the importance of following distance during high-speed driving based on an accident.

### Scene 2: Speeding

Learn about traffic violations such as speeding on expressways.

### Scene 3: Drowsy driving

Experience and learn the dangers of drowsy driving, which often occurs during monotonous high-speed driving.
You can also learn how to deal with drowsiness.

### Scene 4: Sudden lane change

Learn the dangers of blind spots during sudden lane changes from a driving lane to an overtaking lane.
VR allows for blind spot checks that are not possible with regular flat video learning.

### Scene 5: Falling/flying objects

Experience and learn the dangers of falling objects and flying objects that often occur on expressways and national roads, and how to avoid them.

### Scene 6: Wrong-way driving

Experience and learn the dangers of wrong-way driving on national roads and expressways, which has become a recent problem, and how to avoid it if encountered.

### Scene 7: Vehicles stopped on the shoulder

Learn how to avoid danger not only from the driver's perspective when passing a vehicle stopped on the shoulder but also from the perspective of the stopped driver.