LOL, you just reminded me of some weird experiences. When I took drivers ed in high school (about 96) they took us out to a course with a class room. The room had these seats that were mock interiors of cars. They had the seat belts, lights, ignition, speed, etc. What was so odd is that all this stuff was vintage 70's. The dashboards looked like they were out of a 70's pick up truck.
What we had to do is watch a film (faded pretty bad since it was so old), and react to the objects, and follow all the procedures, it was the stupidest thing!!! What sucks is that you have absolutely no feedback! You could turn the wheel around toss the car in reverse, but the car on the screen would keep driving just fine! When ever you did anything wrong, a light would come up on your dashboard, and it wasn't very descriptive. If you failed to signal, avoid an object, or something else you'd get points taken off. LOL, I feel sorry for the students that never were able to get their cars started, yet managed "drive" the filmed course flawlessly! (many thinking they did fine) Most students failed btw, great confidence builder! I don't know if they still do this, but I can't see it's great benefit the way it was set up.
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