Theoretical learning outcome of night driving. A comparison study of traditional real life training and simulator training

Robertsen, Rolf; Sætren, Gunhild Birgitte; Haukeberg, Per Johan

doi:10.1201/9781315374987-153

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“…Finland started using driving simulators primarily for night driving, since real-life night training is difficult in certain parts of the year (Mikkonen, 2007). Practicing night driving as well as long distances to reach an urban environment are motives expressed in Norway (Robertsen et al, 2016;Saetren et al, 2018), where, as in Sweden and Denmark, simulators are not yet widespread ( Ābele et al, 2019;Selander & Thorslund, 2021). More densely populated countries, like France and Germany, have a lack of driving instructors or financial motives for replacing some of the driver training with driving simulators (Fretay, 2022;Reindl et al, 2016).…”

Section: Simulators For Driver Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulator-Based Driving Test Prescreening as a Complement to Driver Testing – Toward Safer and More Risk-Aware Drivers

Thorslund

Thellman

Nyberg

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Section: Simulators For Driver Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulator-Based Driving Test Prescreening as a Complement to Driver Testing – Toward Safer and More Risk-Aware Drivers

Thorslund

Thellman

Nyberg

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…They all had four different alternatives out of which only one was correct. The questions covered a broad range of topics related to the theoretical curriculum of night driving and they were based on previous questionnaires developed by Robertsen, Saetren, Haukeberg & Sivertsen (2017). In addition to the knowledge-based multiple-choice questions, we added eight questions to gather information about the learner driver and their experience: age, gender, if they have had night driving training or an introductory basic traffic course before, their experience with computer games, previous driving experience, and their preferences on how to learn night driving (simulator and traditional).…”

Section: Multiple-choice Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulator versus traditional training: A comparative study of night driving training

Sætren

Lindheim

Skogstad

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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In recent decades, simulators have become an increasingly accepted part of training in sectors like aviation, medicine, and the petroleum industry. Some countries like the Netherlands, the UK, and Finland have accepted simulators as a part of driver’s education, but in Norway the use of simulators is both limited and restricted. This experimental study aimed to determine whether simulator-based training in night driving could be beneficial compared to traditional Norwegian training. Two equal-sized groups of learner drivers completed both simulator training and traditional training, and both training sessions were followed by a multiple-choice test mapping the learner drivers’ theoretical knowledge on the topic. The results show that theoretical learning outcome is higher from simulator training compared to traditional training, indicating that an increased use of simulators could be beneficial in driver training.

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“…Additionally, The Norwegian Public Road Administrations are rather strict on what is allowed to be taught in a simulator only. Any topic that is mandatory in the education will not be approved using only a simulator (NPRA 2017), despite research indicating that for instance that the mandatory dark driving demonstrations have the same learning outcome taught in real life and in a simulator (Mikkonen 2007;Robertsen et al 2017). A different approach is taken in Finland where dark driving sessions are approved using a simulator, so these aspects are not internationally agreed upon.…”

Section: Potential Gains In Simulator Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There have not been many empirical studies measuring and discussing the learning outcomes from using simulators in driving education. We only found one published study on use of simulator training in driver education in Norway (Robertsen et al 2017). This study was regarding theoretical learning outcome when comparing traditional training and simulator based training on dark driving demonstration.…”

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Simulator training in driver education—potential gains and challenges

Sætren¹,

Pedersen²,

Robertsen³

et al. 2018

Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World

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Norway is currently ranked as one of the top nations in regard to road safety. However, continued efforts are applied as we stretch towards a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries in road traffic accidents. In this paper we explore if Norwegian driver education could benefit from simulator training. Possible advantages are cost effectiveness, environmentally friendly training, repeatability, accessibility to different scenarios (accident scenarios and dangerous situations, darkness and snow outside of winter, difficult weather conditions and extreme road traffic density), the possibility to make errors in a safe environment, and interaction with new technology such as advanced driver assistant systems. However, there are challenges such as how to increase the number of simulators in Norway, and legal obstacles as current legislations require all mandatory parts of the Norwegian driver education to be conducted on the road. Our overall impression is that the driver education in Norway could have advantages in applying a more systematic approach to simulator training.

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Theoretical learning outcome of night driving. A comparison study of traditional real life training and simulator training

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Simulator-Based Driving Test Prescreening as a Complement to Driver Testing – Toward Safer and More Risk-Aware Drivers

Simulator-Based Driving Test Prescreening as a Complement to Driver Testing – Toward Safer and More Risk-Aware Drivers

Simulator versus traditional training: A comparative study of night driving training

Simulator training in driver education—potential gains and challenges

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