Training and Education : Customized Training : Truck Simulator

Truck Driver Simulator

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The Employ Florida Banner Center for Global Logistics uses simulation programs in teaching commercial vehicle driving programs. The system gives students a basic introduction to truck driving with several types of vehicle configurations simulated.

The system automatically assesses and tracks trainee performance. This system also enables its users to develop defensive, highway, cross-country, adverse-condition, convoy, tactical and advanced driving skills. Those skills include accident-prevention techniques, effective maneuvering on varied road surfaces, driving at night and in rain, snow and ice. Performance is assessed and tracked automatically, which permits the training to be tailored to meet individual needs. Students receive feedback through recorded playbacks of their performances.

"Getting into an actual truck for the first time without benefit of training on a simulator can be overwhelming for a student driver," says H. "Shep" Shepherd, CDL instructor for Florida Gateway College. "Training on the simulator eliminates this problem and the simulator training prepares the student for the actual feel of operating a truck and what to expect when they put an actual truck in motion for the first time."
 
The simulator is not only for new drivers; seasoned drivers benefit from the driving scenarios by improving their driving or detecting poor driving habits which need to be improved upon.
 
Teaching the seasoned driver on the simulator improves the overall performance of the driver which benefits the company by lowering maintenance cost, improving mpg, and increasing safety awareness.

The simulator is now part of the Banner Center's Mobile Training Unit. (Click on photo thumbnails on the right.)

Benefits

• Accident Reduction: Reduce preventable accidents by 20% or more. Simulation training reinforces positive decision making through training in realistic, risk-free situations.
• Fuel Management: Lower fuel costs and increase fuel efficiency by 2.8% - 7+%. Realize fuel savings through progressive shifting and fuel management training on the simulation unit.
• Reduced Equipment Maintenance:  Minimize damage to company-owned equipment.
• Increase Driver Retention: Complete, consistent, objective feedback on performance gives drivers the confidence they need to stay on the road.

Key Features

• 180º view using three-channel plasma screen immersive driving environment combines look-and-feel of a real vehicle.
• State-of-the-art software delivers sharp visuals and crisp images to enhance learning objectives.
• Force-loaded steering provides real-time feedback to augment muscle memory in situations such as tire blowout or sloshing loads.
• Users can choose from more than 140 transmissions, 240 engines, and 33 axle ratios.

Students Will Learn

• Fundamental driving techniques and use automated intelligent traffic models that allow for realistic driver-traffic interaction.
• To hone their skills in a safe environment where the instructor can constantly make adjustments responsive to the student’s actions.
• To use a computer-generated virtual environment with full-motion effects to evaluate driver performance in a computer-generated visual environment that interacts with an actual truck cabin.
• Necessary driving techniques for correcting malfunctions and for responding to emergency situations that cannot be safely practiced in the real vehicle.

For more information on customized training programs, please Contact Us at the Banner Center.

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To schedule the simulator at your site, please Contact Us at the Banner Center.