VOL. XV, NO. 3
NOVEMBER 9, 1973
New Driving Simulators Provide
For a Safer Learning Period
For a Safer Learning Period
This year Maine West students are using driving simulators for the first time in driver education at this school. Fifteen simulators are located in C-112 for students currently enrolled in the driver education program to use.
The simulators provide for additional exposure to various hazards which might occur on the roads. There are many more kinds of dangers introduced on the simulators than on the streets, and the students learn how to relate to each one directly. Films are used and provide for visual aids of actual circumstances which might occur on the road.
Tests are also taken on the simulators through filmstrips.
The simulators provide for additional exposure to various hazards which might occur on the roads. There are many more kinds of dangers introduced on the simulators than on the streets, and the students learn how to relate to each one directly. Films are used and provide for visual aids of actual circumstances which might occur on the road.
Tests are also taken on the simulators through filmstrips.
There is a small group of lights that light up, and the student can pick his answer. All the simulators are controlled by the teacher in the back of the room on a master control unit. After all the students have picked their answer, the teacher pushes a button marked "score"; and the board lights up and tells the teacher which answers the students got wrong.
Driving simulators provide for a more effective way for students to meet hazards, but the consequences are not as severe as those in real life. Most of the driving teachers agree that students are less likely to be nervous behind the wheel after using the simulators than they would be if they didn't.
Driving simulators provide for a more effective way for students to meet hazards, but the consequences are not as severe as those in real life. Most of the driving teachers agree that students are less likely to be nervous behind the wheel after using the simulators than they would be if they didn't.