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Teen Driving Simulator

  Teens Get Realistic “Behind the Wheel” Experience

Did you know?

Lessons on a driving simulator can improve teen driver safety by reducing crashes for first year drivers by 66%  – Center for Disease Control

“Instruction behind the wheel was nerve-racking. It’s a little more calm in the simulator because you know if you make a mistake, it’s OK.” 
                       --teen driver

FOCUSimulator program has four 1-hour sessions that cover:

• Recognizing hazards – reinforces scanning skills and processing progressively more complex traffic conditions to identify potential threats to teen driving safety

• Avoiding collisions – requires evaluating risks and knowing how to change their speed, distance and lane positions for safe teen driving in different situations

• Response time – teen drivers repeat lessons to develop defensive driving skills so they can adjust quickly and correctly in adverse conditions

77% of teen fatalities in the first year of driving are caused by driver error due to lack of experience. Teen driving errors include driving too fast for traffic, road and weather conditions; failing to process and/or perceive hazards in time to avoid a crash; underestimating the risk and overestimating their ability to react to threats; and taking risks due to overconfidence because nothing has happened yet. Driving simulators help teens drive safely by developing defensive driving skills in an environment where they are not putting themselves or others at risk.

FOCUSimulator is available by appointment only.  For information contact:

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