Development of a Driving Simulator for the Driving Precision Aptitude Test

The driving precision aptitude test is conducted by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (TSA) to determine the qualification and aptitude of commercial vehicle drivers. The test consists of the personality test, driving tendency classification test, driving hazard perception test and situation awareness perception test. All items are tested on the simulator platform. The driving simulator for the driving precision aptitude test has a driver’s seat cabin system that was made of the actual quadrant vehicle, a 32-inch LCD monitor which provides a horizontal and vertical field of view of 37.2 and 21.7 degrees, a 12-inch LCD monitor used as the cluster, an active steering wheel system, and a computer system for simulation and contents provision. In this study, the driving tendency classification test was determined based on the preliminary test data of eighty examinee and a driving simulator for the driving precision aptitude test was developed as a vocational aptitude test.