WESTRAN HOSTED DISTRACTED DRIVING SIMULATOR MONDAY

Westran High School welcomed an augmented reality driving program Monday. Principal Mark Harvey says it was a cool opportunity presented to the students.

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The program is called ARDDES, which is short for Augmented Reality Distracted Driving Education Simulator. Joshua Jackson, a brand ambassador for the PEERS foundation explains how the simulator works.

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Students will get in a car and put on an augmented reality headset, then drive through a virtual city with jaywalkers, cars running through red lights, and other potential hazards which could cause an accident. Harvey already sees an impact this is having on some students.