One of the most important reasons why driving simulators are sometimes frowned at by driving instructors is that instructors themselves often experience simulator sickness when driving in a driving simulator. Because the become nauseous, they develop a strong aversive reaction but they also start to drive very poorly. And from that they conclude that driving simulators are not suited for training young people. In contrast, young inexperienced drivers almost never experience simulator sickness. So, although for more experienced drivers, a simulator has this disadvantage, it is suitable as a training method for young inexperienced drivers: the precise target group for driver training. In a number of driving simulators, simulator sickness is being handled by using a motion platform. This results in a high price and thats why these high-end simulators are usually not used for driver training, because no driving school can afford these systems. Also, there is not much evidence that a mot
In a car driving simulator for driver training , the practice of lessons in a learner car is simulated. These can be more appropriately referred to as 'driving lessons simulators'. Sometimes driving teachers wonder what this would be better than the existing way of driver training, since they already use a learner car. Carnetsoft facilitates a different didactic rule, that is based on sound scientific research. During driver skill training, part tasks have to be automated (automation training) by task-directed practice. Each part task training, like driving off in first gear, steering or gear changing, starts with a controlled instruction training that focusses on instruction and training of that part task. After that, there's automation training of that specific part task. During the simulated task training, the degree of automation is measured using the Peripheral Detection Task (PDT). This is a method for measuring taskload and controlled/automatic processing that was d