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DriveWise Opens State of the Art Driver Training Facility in Barrie, Ontario

New driving simulator brings the power of simulation to the driving training environment


Toronto, Canada - (December 15, 2004) - DriveWise, the premiere simulation driver training instruction company, today announced that it has opened the first of a series of state-of-the-art driver training facilities in Barrie, Ontario - a suburb of Toronto. This facility will train novice drivers, police forces, and paramedics on advanced virtual reality simulators as well as in class and in vehicle for the Novice drivers.

DriveWise is changing the way drivers are trained in Canada. Mixing traditional methods such as classroom and in vehicle instruction with high fidelity simulation enables DriveWise to be the quality provider of driver training in Canada. DriveWise uses simulators from the premier supplier of high fidelity driving simulation in the world, L3 Communications (http://www.shipanalytics.com/STS/). L3 has fielded more than 450 simulators in the US and abroad to police forces and driver training academies.

"Pilots and air traffic controllers have trained in high tech virtual reality environments for decades due to the resulting increased performance and safety requirement. The next logical step would be to utilise this technology for driver training," said DriveWise Chief Operating Officer Martin de Repentginy. "In the past, high fidelity simulation was cost prohibitive for these markets but DriveWise has found a method to cost effectively integrate this high tech training into our environments and provide the user with a training unlike any other. Our simulation enables trainees to experience and learn from a multitude of driving situations before going behind the live wheel."

About DriveWise
DriveWise provides affordable high quality driver training to the police, emergency response and novice driver markets. Using state-of-the-art virtual reality driving simulators, DriveWise students have access to advanced learning solutions that increase vehicle operator performance, safety and preparedness for daily, complex and/or unusual driving situations. DriveWise is a privately owned company with facilities in Toronto, Canada.

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For additional information about DriveWise:
Tel: (705) 730 1130
Fax: (705) 792 6210
E-mail: info@drivewisecanada.com
Website: www.drivewisecanada.com