STREET VIEW TEST

TitleSTREET VIEW TEST
BrandTHE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF ROMANIA
Product/ServiceDRIVING SCHOOL
Category B07. Financial, Commercial Public Services, Healthcare & Medical
Entrant Company PUBLICIS ROMANIA Bucharest, ROMANIA
Advertising Agency PUBLICIS ROMANIA Bucharest, ROMANIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Jorg Riommi Publicis Romania Chief Creative Officer
Dan Frinculescu Publicis Romania Creative Director
Miruna Macri Publicis Romania Art Director
Ada Musat Publicis Romania Copywriter
Dan Frinculescu Publicis Romania Copywriter
Calin Buzea Publicis Romania Head of Digital
Tiberiu Bucovei Publicis Romania Web Developer
Constantin Bunica Publicis Romania Web Developer
Cezar Paraschiv Publicis Romania Digital Planner
Alexandra Murray Publicis Romania Client Service Director
Oana Popescu Publicis Romania Account Manager
Andreea Grigorean Publicis Romania PR Officer
Ioana Moasa Publicis Romania Jr. PR Officer
Raluca Iacob Publicis Romania Contributor
Mihai Costache Publicis Romania Contributor
Marius Tudor Publicis Romania Contributor

Creative Execution

The real life Street View scenarios are hand picked by the Automobile Club instructors and turned into driving theory tests. The website’s engine picks those scenarios from the “Street View” API to generate random tests, in the official exam format. Experienced drivers can also contribute to the tests, by flagging on the website traffic mistakes or challenging road scenarios found on Street View. The submissions are reviewed by ACR instructors and turned into exam questions.

Results to date: The idea caught large public attention on prime time TV, national and international media: 1.860 media placements + coverage on 7 main TV Romanian stations. 25% more students enlisted to ACR driving schools 37% more ACR students passed the driving theory exam from first attempt. In plan to be implemented as official method in Romanian driving schools. Picked by Federation Internationale d'Automobile, in plan to be implemented in other countries. Google Creative Sandbox official pick. Media and driving school students unanimously declared Street View Tests as “better, more relevant than those used by the Police”.

In Romania, only 7% of driving school students get their driving license at first attempt. The majority of them have troubles passing the theory exam. And even those who pass it are not fully prepared for the real roads. According to police statistics, the drivers causing most serious and fatal accidents are aged between 18 and 35. A real national safety issue. One of the reasons is an abstract learning method based on illustrated tests, which hasn’t changed for almost a century. The Automobile Club of Romania invented a way to get students from illustrations to the real streets from the very beginning. Introducing Street View Test. The first driving school method based on Google Street View, which allows students to learn traffic rules directly on the streets they’re going to drive on. A more relevant and engaging way of studying theory, in the digital environment they’re most comfortable with.