Are Your Vehicle Operators Road Ready?
Mass transit driving has always been a tough job. If drivers aren’t adequately prepared to handle challenges, staff retention rates can suffer. According to a report from the American Public Transportation Association, more than 90 percent of all agencies surveyed faced transit operator shortages—and 84 percent of those agencies reported that staffing shortages were preventing them from providing full service.
How will your mass transit and commercial drivers handle daily challenges like inclement weather, snarled traffic, inattentive drivers and pedestrians, and disruptive passenger behavior? With FAAC’s advanced, responsive, immersive driver training simulators, your training program will build basic skills and improve safety without the costs and liability of on-the-road vehicle training. Commercial vehicle and transit simulators give drivers experience operating trucks, buses, and airport vehicles, in a wide variety of conditions. FAAC’s flexible training solutions include vehicle modeling and dynamics to prepare operators for the latest mass-transit technology, such as zero-emission bus (ZEB). With these simulators, your drivers will be well prepared to operate vehicles of today and tomorrow.
Transportation and Transit Training Simulators for Every Need
FAAC offers several options for bus and truck driver education. The MB-1000 Open Cab Bus Simulator, MB-2000 Closed Cab Bus Simulator, custom bus training simulators, the Mobile Bus Training Unit, and Paratransit Driver Training Sims prepare students for all bus operations. Similarly, FAAC’s truck driving sims include options for open cab sims, custom truck training simulators, a mobile training unit, and even a snowplow driving sim. With FAAC’s training solution, you can use a single sim to prepare drivers to operate any vehicle in your fleet.
Transitioning to new zero-emissions technology requires both an introduction to the technology and a realistic training experience. The MB 2000 simulator has genuine ZEB vehicle modeling, which provides students first-hand experience driving these types of buses before they hit the road.
All FAAC bus and truck sims offer the benefits of training at any hour, in any weather, with no risk to equipment, workers, passengers, or the community. An authentic dash, instrument panel, driver’s seat configuration, and TrueFeel force feedback steering (with camber recovery modeling, and haptic simulation of tire scrub, curb strikes, and road vibration) give students a real-feel driving opportunity. FAAC simulators are fitted with genuine components and gauges to ensure that students’ training cab experience is the same as they’ll encounter on the job.
