Kathleen Ryan sits behind her student in a driving simulator. Today, she's actually telling them to text while driving. "I want you to text your mom, 'Dear Mom, I promise not to text and drive ...

Before new technologies related to autonomous driving can be used on public roads, they must first be examined in a safe test environment. The Virtual Reality (VR) Lab offers a highly dynamic and ...

Not good! Of course, the people behind the distracted driving simulator recognize that this is mostly an awareness-raising tool—for academics studying the topic, we have things like the $80 ...

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia built a virtual driving assessment—essentially a realistic car simulator—and found that it ... The researchers aren’t keeping the test to themselves.