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Evaluate Opportunities to Provide Training Simulation for ODOT Snow and Ice Drivers – Phase 2
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2022-02-01
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Abstract:Winter maintenance poses great concerns both during and after the snow and ice season. During winter, snowplow drivers must use equipment (i.e., plow trucks), each valuing up to $200,000, sometimes in severe snowstorms and unfavorable traffic conditions. This poses great safety concerns to both the plow operators and the road users. The complexity of and dangers attached to plowing operations during winter makes it important to ensure plow drivers are equipped with adequate skills to navigate in their environment and be effective while on the job. Recently, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) noted a desire to enhance the current training offered to snowplow drivers by integrating driving simulation into the overall curriculum. As such, ODOT purchased a snowplow driving simulator to use for this purpose. In this project, the research team helped ODOT set up the simulator, developed and implemented custom training environments and scenarios, and developed training materials to be used in snow and ice driver education training programs by both drivers and instructors. Virtual environments were modeled directly after actual ODOT facilities in order to allow drivers to gain familiarity with the details of their future work environment. Training scenarios were created to allow for teaching and evaluation of specific skills under varying environments in the simulator (e.g., how to plow an intersection). It is the hope of this project that the use of the simulator and developed materials can help ODOT drivers gain more experience before going out onto the road, thus improving their efficiency, as well as safety for both themselves and the motoring public.
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