TAKEN FOR A RIDE
NEW-STYLE DIVING. A moving landscape that flashes before the eyes of a motorist seated in a dummy car is part of a new device to lessen road accidents which was shown recently. Dr G. H. Miles, of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology, is the inventor of the test. It is claimed that the device will help a novice to get the “ feel ” of a new car; an insurance company to determine roughly whether a policy-holder’s accidents are due to carelessness or physical defect; and a transport company to weed out applicants for posts as drivers.
The dummy car used in the tests can sway from side to side and record bumps. An electric fan gives the driver the impression of travelling against the wind. As soon as the accelerator is pressed down a scene in front begins to move, quickly or slowly, according to the driver’s imaginary speed. This gives him the impression that he is actually on the road.
By means of an electrical arrangement it is possible to determine how the driver takes the bends. If he goes too close to the curb or turns wrongly a bell rings.
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3328, 28 July 1931, Page 7
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