Using a simulator in your safety program

摘要

Less than a year after adding driver simulators to supplement its extensive driver training program, UPS saw a 38% reduction in crashes. And they did it without using a huge full-size truck cab simulator that takes up an entire room. Driving simulators have been around for a long time. The technology today, however, is more sophisticated, takes up less space and is more affordable. Historically, simulation has been used when the "cost" of failure is unacceptable, either in terms of lives or equipment - the military or police, for instance, and with high-value assets such as airlines and spacecraft.