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Toyota builds the ultimate driving sim in the name of safety

Toyota has built a 15-foot-high, 23-foot-wide, 78-ton driving simulator "for effectively analyzing the driving characteristics of average drivers." The simulator allows Toyota to work on specific driving issues in a controlled environment, and to study mental aspects of driving such as decision making, which are among the most important considerations when trying to develop the next wave of gotta-have-it safety features. The NHTSA has a comparable simulator, and Toyota used some of that technology to create its own. There's a Lexus inside the ... Read more →

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