XPI Simulation’s marketing director, Alan Davenport, said “We all know it is harder to learn something we don’t find interesting, so our first task is to make road safety lessons enjoyable: next is to make them memorable - and there are many ways of achieving this. Ultimately, the simulator is just a tool and a good educator can use it in a variety of ways to reinforce the lessons.”

Davenport goes on to explain how the product, XP300, differs from a game and how some of the techniques used in higher cost training simulators have been transferred to car driving. The key to a successful training simulator is in a very clear understanding of the purpose of each exercise: there is no room for muddled thinking and, above all, it must avoid negative training (i.e. unintentionally encouraging bad driving techniques).

The low cost XP300 product design was based on XPI’s extensive experience in the Flight market but now the lessons are constantly being added to and improved as a result of frequent meetings with road safety professionals. Road safety priorities are different in each area of the country, according to predominance of motorways, urban or rural roads, and XP300 must reflect the needs of all users. Similarly the way the simulator is used needs to be adapted to suit different target age groups.

Davenport said “The popularity of XP300 has exceeded our expectations with enthusiastic users from all parts of the UK including youth clubs, local authorities, universities and police. Our engineering team is stretched to incorporate all the customers’ ideas to meet the true potential of simulators in road safety training.”

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For more information contact:
Alan Davenport
[email protected]