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Old 01-25-2017, 09:59 AM
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in the age of computer games- it would be very easy to have a real world simulator at every DMV location- go in, you sit down , put in your license-and drive-pass no problem, fail take a real test with an examiner
Good idea but a driving simulator does not feel like a real car in any aspect. It is basically a dark booth with the movie screen on three sides of you. The controls aren't like a real car, either.

I did a driving test in one of these recently at the U. of Florida as a paid volunteer that tested the reaction time to seniors drinking alcohol vs non-drinking times.

Don't worry, the grad students helping conduct the grant study drove me to and from Gainesville.