stances or situations occur. “A human with a more
sophisticated computer—the human brain—will have to take partial or complete con- trol of the machine, to prevent the high-risk situation or incident from happening,” he said. “It is here where tra- ditional vehicle operational training proves to be woefully lacking.”
Dashney said he feels that AR and VR training platforms can provide efficient and less frightening means to prepare the vehicle operator to be, as he designated, a “vehicle system manager.” “These platforms easily
demonstrate the machine- human interface. Initial
Just as we can test skills in a simulator for airline pilots and truck drivers, we can do the same with school bus drivers [by] simulating different situations in a safe environment.”
– Carol Dietrich, Blue Bird
training allows humans to get familiar with the vehicle and confident in sharing the driving task,” he commented. “In the early stages of use, VR [will be] something as simple as putting on a headset but as important as the driver’s daily vehicle safety inspections have become. They can play a more instrumental role.”
Dashney added that a driver trainee can then move from a classroom vehicle safety inspec- tion presentation to using virtual reality, to sitting in the bus while also performing the actual inspection. He said the driver learning, instructor coaching and performance evaluation processes can also become more educationally effective.
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