Report OL204 Low cost simulator for emergency driving training

The National Computing Centre ( NCC ) and the Scottish Police College ( SPC ) proposed to jointly develop a simualtor to meet the training requirements of emergency response and pursuit driving. The specific aims of the project were to: (1) produce a high quality simulator for use in training police drivers in the skills of emergency response driving; and (2) examine the effectiveness of virtual reality as a means of achieving a high degree of realism in such simulations.

Advances in computing and software techniques suggested that a simulator could be constructed to provide sufficiently realistic training that would avoid the obvious dangers of high speed training within built up areas. The training requirements were identified as: (i) emergency response driving i.e. responding to emergency calls e.g. crime in progress, attending disturbances, escorting vehicles taking vital organs to hospital etc.; and (ii) emergency pursuit driving i.e. pursuit driving while giving chase to suspected criminals fleeing arrest at high speed e.g. in a stolen car, after a robbery etc.

A detailed design study was carried out which identified the training needs and suitable scenarios. NCC conducted a technical feasibility study to identify the technical options, including video based technologies and virtual reality that were likely to meet the design requirements. This study researched the emerging technologies and investigated likely financial and operational constraints. The findings of the report were incorporated in a document 'Outline Specification of Requirements for a Driving Simulator for the Scottish Police College'.

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This page last updated 24 January 1999.