I read an interesting article here on Ask The Trucker... where testing from an independent group of "scientists found that simulator training, if it closely mimiced real world conditions, still produced similar scores.
Thought I would throw this out for discussion.
Do simulators train as well as behind the wheel training?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Traveler51, Jun 12, 2012.
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they might, but not too many if any schools have them. they are cost prohibitive. right now if memory serves me correctly, only a flight simulator is acceptable in the airline industry as time "behind the wheel"...so to speak.
Traveler51 Thanks this. -
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upwards to half a million dollars.
what would you think the cost of the education will be from that point..??
tv news, and "reports" or websites, make it all look too easy.
i stand corrected, "up to 1 million dollars"
http://www.layover.com/news/article/trucking-industry-embraces-training-simulators-9074.html
read about it here, from a REAL trucker's website, not some ask us" website"
you are only a student...get what you can, get it done, move on, forgedaboud anything else, as it does not warrant any such further looking into.
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My school has a simulator and I found it to be nowhere even close to being similar to actually being behind the wheel. Felt like an overpriced video game to me.
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tiny little shifter, maybe all of 3 screens, and a small steering wheel..????
yep, nothing more than a video game for boys still living in mamma's basements. -
It all sounds fun tho lol
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Sorry. I'm just naturally curious about all things trucking, these days...
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