Seymour High School students test driving skills with virtual simulator (video)

 

Casey Hayden, a Seymour High senior, uses one of the school's two driving simulators donated by Toyota. Peter Casolino/Register

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
SEYMOUR — Virtual driving in a simulator seems more challenging than being on the road.
That was the reaction of several Seymour High School seniors Monday driving defensively as they used the school’s two new Virtual Driver Interactive full-cab simulators.
The state-of-the-art training equipment was donated to the school by Toyota Motor Sales USA, said Richard Kearns, director of security for public schools here.
It is the only high school in the state with the simulators.
The simulators are state of the art, Kearns said.

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