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
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