Many teens are placed on the road in dangerous situations before they have the training and experience to handle their vehicle properly.  This group wants to know if driving simulators can help teens develop safer driving habits before we turn them loose with real cars.  If you have a child who will be driving soon, you’ll want to follow this one closely.

For those of us who took the basic state driving test at 16, which only included simple tasks in a slow moving, local neighborhood, and then were turned loose on busy freeways and crowded streets after receiving our license, this type of research is a godsend.  To think that our kids can be better prepared for all sorts of driving conditions before we give them the keys and hope for the best allows us to breathe a real sigh of relief.  The simulator being tested can switch from daytime to nighttime conditions, and from sunny to snowy roads.