Simulated Driver's Ed. Takes Virtual Twists and Turns

By Andrew Trotter
Glen Allen, Va.

Technology Page Lauren Harden, 16, grips the steering wheel as she navigates a twisting highway through a landscape of wooded hills and mountains. Her car crawls at 35 mph, past signs posting a speed limit of 50. Traffic piles up behind her— including, ominously, a motorcycle skittering from one lane to the other.

It's a pressure situation for a driving newbie.

Never mind that the 10th grader has her eyes riveted on a computer screen, while steering from a platform outfitted to resemble a car, in the driver's education classroom at Deep...

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