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Video games have become the scapegoat for violent murders, and now they may become the scapegoat for car accidents as well.
German psychologists recently published three studies in the Journal of Experimental Psychology that examined 198 men and 92 women ages 16 to 45 while they played various racing games on a PlayStation.
To win, players had to perform typical racing fare like driving really fast while crashing into other cars, etc. Afterwards, players who participated in the racing game had more thoughts and feelings linked to risk-taking than those who played a non-racing game.
Although the experiment was never taken on the road, researchers now believe that people who play racing games will drive more aggressively and have a greater risk of car accidents than those who don’t.