
138 Automotive Ergonomics: Driver–Vehicle Interaction
the rst European-wide policy has been established. Progress, however, has been
slow. It is interesting to note a 1996 report of the US Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) that detailed a scoping study on commercial motor vehicle driving simula-
tor technology. It cited an earlier 1991 special issue of Heavy Duty Trucking that
claimed:
Cost-effective training simulators are becoming technologically possible—there have
been astounding leaps in computer graphics and realism—at the same time the driver
shortage and the Commercial Driver License (CDL) are forcing the trucking industry
to seek ...