Law Enforcement
Police Driving Simulator (VS500M-P)
The VS500M-P Law
Enforcement Driving Simulator
Integrates Proficiency-based Practice training with feedback and guidance, reducing the need for constant instructor support.
Includes a complete driver training and evaluation package.
Includes full simulation of the most widely used law enforcement vehicles.
Provides detailed scorecards with full reporting.
Enables remote instructor supervision.
Includes built using actual OEM seat, steering wheel, seat belt, controls, accelerator and brake pedals, cabin with an operational ventilation system.
Includes a high-performance, compact three-axis motion system.
Includes multi-function touch display for a wide range of law enforcement controls.
Integrates realistic steering wheel behavior based on actual measurement of the forces acting on the wheel during turning maneuvers.
The Virage Simulation VS500M-P is the most innovative, realistic, and advanced
law enforcement driving simulator on the market.
The VS500M-P Law Enforcement Simulator
delivers a fully immersive driving experience
Sound
The VS500M-P law enforcement police driving simulator features a premium high-fidelity surround sound system engineered to replicate the acoustic environment of emergency vehicle operations.
Realistic directional audio cues are dynamically synchronized with vehicle speed, engine RPM, road surface conditions, and surrounding traffic. The law enforcement police driving simulator also reproduces external vehicle sounds and incorporates Doppler effect simulation to further enhance driver immersion and awareness.
This advanced audio environment helps drivers improve hazard recognition, situational awareness, and emergency response decision-making.
Motion
Immersion in the virtual world is the key to training effectiveness. When the learner’s attention is fully engaged in the training scenario, the lessons transfer to the real world and are retained longer.
Immersion is created by a combination of three sensory cues, visual, aural and motion. The loss of one cue reduces the quality of immersion and training effects. Higher quality immersion is also associated with a reduction in Simulation Adaptation Syndrome.
To maximize realism, the VS500M-P law enforcement police driving simulator integrates a compact three-axis, three degrees-of-freedom electric motion platform that accurately reproduces vehicle dynamics experienced during emergency driving. An optional six degrees-of-freedom motion platform is also available.
The system generates realistic acceleration cues, engine vibration, road texture feedback, and vehicle motion responses based on speed, vehicle behavior, and road conditions. With motion frequencies up to 100 Hz, the law enforcement police driving simulator provides highly effective sensory feedback that reinforces learning and driver engagement.
The advanced motion system enhances driver training immersion while allowing trainees to safely experience challenging driving situations that would be impractical or unsafe to replicate on public roads or in live training environments.
Visuals
The VS500M-P law enforcement police driving simulator incorporates a powerful multi-channel visual system designed to provide exceptional situational awareness and realism.
Three high-resolution 55-inch LCD displays deliver a geometrically accurate and seamless 180-degree field of view, powered by an advanced image generation system capable of producing ultra-high-definition graphics at 3840 x 2160 pixels per display. Advanced rendering technologies, including anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, ensure crystal-clear visuals and smooth real-time performance.
The law enforcement police driving simulator includes realistic urban, highway, rural, industrial, agricultural, and mountainous environments. Drivers can be exposed to challenging weather conditions, winter roads, reduced visibility, and varying traffic densities, allowing organizations to recreate virtually any emergency response scenario.
VS500M-P Law
Enforcement Simulator
Advanced Backing
Backing Down an AlleyOne out of four vehicle accidents can be blamed on poor backing techniques with backing accidents causing 500 deaths and 15,000 injuries per year. (National Safety Council)
Virage Simulation has you covered. The VS500M-P provides all the visual information drivers need to develop situational awareness when maneuvering on public roads.
Easy-to-Use Operator Station
- Trainers can focus attention on driving behaviors and provide timely corrections and coaching.
- Time of day and weather, fog, rain, snow, and wind of variable intensities, are selected through a simple cursor.
- The helicopter view allows for a quick exterior view of the vehicle within the driving environment.
- The positions of the gas, brake, and vehicle speed are monitored on the operator station display.
- Instructors can reposition stationary, moving vehicles, pedestrians, and objects by simply dragging and dropping them on the map.
- The optional scenario-building tool enables instructors to create their own scenarios.
- Start and stop the scenarios (training sessions)
- Introduce Vehicle Malfunctions
- Control the Radio Chatter
Performance Feedback :
A scorecard and full report are presented to the driver during and at the end of
the training session. Impactful driver assessments can be saved.
Driver Tracker
Virage simulators can objectively measure driver performance to determine meaningful benchmarks based on vehicle control metrics, error rates, and task completion times.
The Driver TrackerTM helps instructors and training center managers oversee their drivers progress. This invaluable tool provides an overview of the training sessions attempted and successfully completed by each driver and their performance scores, where applicable.
More detailed performance information is available by clicking on the display. This drill-down approach provides immediate access to all the information captured by the simulator.
Detailed statistical information on the usage of the simulator, as well as drill down filters to access results by driver, group, and instructor are available to show usage and performance information.
Progressive Law Enforcement Training
The most important aspect of a driver training simulator is the quality of the programmed scenarios. A high-quality training scenario is designed using insights from expert trainers to reproduce all the critical situations and feedback required for learning vehicle control at high speeds to help drivers develop correct anticipation and responses to driving hazards. These training programs are designed to address the entire range of unique driving challenges facing law enforcement, from basic skills to more advanced maneuvers.
The Virage training programs aim at ensuring that each cognition and behavior in a complex driving sequence is understood and learned correctly, practiced extensively until mastery is achieved, and then evaluated thoroughly. These stimulating and engaging learning experiences enhance training efficiency and increase retention and transfer to the real world.
Advanced Training Programs:
- Intersection clearing
- Emergency response
- Pursuit management and intervention
- Commentary drive
- U-turn
- Backing up
- Winter Operations including Skid Prevention and Control
Essential Skills Programs:
- Defensive Driving:
- Perception, Reaction, Braking Distances
- Risk Zones and Safety Margin
- Visual Awareness including blind spot and mirrors management
- Hazard Perception and Anticipation
- Fatigue
- Distracted Driving
- New technologies (Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure, Collision Mitigation)
- Driver Evaluations
Invest in The Safety of Your Officers
and Citizens with Virage Simulation’s
Driver Training Solutions
In the last 10 years, on average, one officer per week has been killed on our nation’s roads (2010-2019 = 53 deaths per year).1 Most years, motor vehicle-related incidents — including crashes and being struck by moving vehicles while on foot — are the main cause of death for officers.
From 2006-2019, 809 officers died due to motor vehicle related incidents (struck by and crashes) – 43% of all line-of-duty deaths. 1 (National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund)
You need a driver safety program to save lives
and to reduce the risk of life-altering injuries within your workforce.
1 National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund [2019]. Causes of law enforcement deaths.
(Reference https://www.osha.gov/Publications/motor_vehicle_guide.html)
