| Many professions currently use simulators to deliver | | | | 50 - 100 question multiple choice test. After passing this |
| training in an attempt to improve safety and improve | | | | test, you can take your Road Test on a sunny |
| performance. | | | | Tuesday afternoon and voila! You are now a licensed |
| In order to become a pilot, one must log a | | | | driver. |
| pre-determined number of flight simulation hours before | | | | The United States sees approximately 40,000 fatalities |
| they are allowed to actually fly a plane. Astronauts | | | | a year due to motor vehicles. This number is a part of |
| also benefit from simulator training. It would not be very | | | | the nearly 3 million injuries caused by motor vehicles |
| cost effective or responsible to put an astronaut onto | | | | every year. Of these 3 million injuries it is a certainty |
| a rocket ship and say; | | | | that a large number of these injuries could have been |
| "Don't worry; you'll get the hang of it!" | | | | prevented if young drivers had had access to |
| The purpose of simulation training is to put the trainee | | | | simulator training in the first place. |
| in situations that are as realistic as possible in order to | | | | The injuries are a cost burden for society in terms of |
| provide them with experience, risk free. If a trainee | | | | medicare costs, productivity loss, and potential legal |
| makes a mistake in a simulator, there is no chance of | | | | costs. |
| a loss of life, or damage to property. | | | | The driving education industry has not matured to the |
| The obvious setback to this form of training is the fact | | | | point where it is worthwhile for an individual company |
| that the cost to purchase a machine for any industry | | | | to purchase a simulator. They would put themselves |
| presents a significant investment. | | | | out of business. Additionally, this type of training is not |
| According to uberreview.com, a simulator used to train | | | | mandatory anywhere. This means that if a driving |
| potential oil tanker ship captains costs approximately | | | | school did purchase a simulator, there is no motivation |
| $245,000. If you are in the market for a product that | | | | for the driver trainee to pay the extra fees to use the |
| will teach you to drive race cars, than your finances | | | | simulator. |
| will feel it at a cost of about $200,000. What about the | | | | When the government discusses stimulus spending, |
| simulators they use at NASA? Priced out of this world, | | | | why not include the purchase of say 10 simulators for |
| literally. | | | | a large municipality or district? This would not be a |
| So, we have simulators for aspiring pilots, oil tanker | | | | cost, but rather an investment if it could lower the |
| captains and race car drivers. However, in order to | | | | possibility of young people getting into accidents on the |
| obtain a license (in most States), you have to pass a | | | | road. |