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Tractor-Trailer Simulation and the Assesment of Training Scenarios for City Driving: Skill Building in the Area of Left and Right Turns.pdf

January 15, 2010 · Filed Under Mechanical & Industrial Engineering · Comment  · Tags: ,

Taken from Introduction: The purpose of this research is to focus on simulation-based training in the area of scenario development and its potential role for improving the overall instruction of student truck drivers. In today’s trucking schools, there is a shortage of equipment, which results in half of the students standing idly by while the other half practice basic maneuvers on large asphalt lots. In fact, due to high attrition rates in the trucking industry and the demand for new drivers, trucking schools are now turning to simulation as an alternative method to train tomorrow’s driving force. Simulation is the only possible way to expose student drivers to as close as possible real-life driving situations without endangering the motoring public at large. Perhaps, one of the most difficult challenges for student drivers is learning how to execute left and right turns. Simply stated, it is the author’s assertion that simulation can better prepare student drivers in the skill of executing left and right turns compared to traditional methods. To accomplish this task, three simulation scenarios focusing on left and right turns were scripted. The first training scenario (control group) is an off-track training scenario, which consists of a large asphalt lot and the use of orange cones. The second training scenario (experimental group) is an inner-city training scenario without the presence of vehicular traffic. The third scenario, an inner-city scenario with the presence of vehicular traffic was designed to test the control and experimental groups.

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