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Virtual Assessment to Expand Driver Training in Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio will use over 400 virtual driving terminals placed at driver schools and examination locations to determine the skills that would-be drivers need to work on.
That data could lead to changes in the state’s driver-training program.
Gov. Mike DeWine says the terminals are not simulators but meant as diagnostic tools. Drivers will still have to pass on-road exams to get their licenses.
DeWine says the data will be shared with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
During a 14-month pilot project, researchers at the hospital had seen that drivers who used the terminals had done better in their on-road exams.
The state plans to follow the records of participating drivers to combine the data with future crash and citation reports.