This video is supposed to help someone know what it feels like to drive a semi-truck. After watching this video would you feel 100% comfortable with driving a semi-truck? I wouldn't! Notice how both mirrors are consistiantly in the visual, but the passenger seat is not. When you drive a regular size automobile, is that what you see?
What I know about driving a car is you have to actually turn your head to see the passenger mirror which then limits your vision on the drivers side. Would you agree that a semi-truck may be harder to steer than a regular size automobile? This may give a person somewhat of the visual aspect of driving a semi-truck, but it does not simulate the actual feeling and multi-tasking that takes place while driving.
Even though a person who is retaking his/her driving test is most likely not learning how to drive a semi-truck, a simulated test seems a lot easier than an actual driving test because you only have to really focus on one of your five senses which is your vision. A simulated driving test is nothing more than playing a video game, which can be mastered by children under 10 years old. If a child is good at a driving video game, would you trust him driving your car? Most likely not. Therefore it is important for people who are driving on the road to be competent in many aspects that take place when you drive.
According to Smartmotorists.com they state that "research on age-related driving concerns has shown that at around the age of 65 drivers face an increased risk of being involved in a vehicle crash. After the age of 75, the risk of driver fatality increases sharply, because older drivers are more vulnerable to both crash-related injury and death. Three behavioral factors in particular may contribute to these statistics: poor judgement in making left-hand turns; drifting within the traffic lane; and decreased ability to change behavior in response to an unexpected or rapidly changing situation".(http://www.smartmotorist.com/traffic-and-safety-guideline/older-drivers-elderly-driving-seniors-at-the-wheel.html)
Giving a simulated driving test can hinder a senoir citizen in several ways. For example, they may be great drivers on the road but unfamiliar to the simulated driving test or videos games at all for that matter. Therefore if they fail the simulated driving test, will their licence be taken away becuase of that?
Nothing beats the real thing. Driving is something we should all be cautious about. Let's make the time and money to have more safe drivers on the road.
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