June 12, 2014
UPS is featured in Automotive Fleet's magazine for their innovative use of VDI's Virtual HD program to train their fleet drivers on the best way to handle highly volatile and dangerous driving situations. Click Here
June 13, 2014
VDI has partnered with the UPS Foundation to provide over 100 simulators to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America across the country as part of their Road Code initiative.
• "Road Code Graduates Top 100"
• Click here to watch UPS Road Code Video & See VDI Simulators in Action
• BGCA, UPS Foundation Drive Change With National UPS Road Code Program
July 8, 2014
Toyota and Discovery Education announce the winners of the Toyota Teen Driver Educator's Challenge with contest prizes including two VDI trainers!
- Toyota And Discovery Education Challenge Teachers And Students To Help Teens Stay Safe Behind The Wheel
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- Toyota_Discovery_Award_Winners_May2012
- "Seymour High School Students Test Driving Skills with Virtual Simulator"
- Hi-Tech driving comes to Seymour High
- "Virtual Driving Puts Students in Safe Driver's Seat"
- Toyota and Discovery Education Invite Students to Celebrate Safe Driving
- "Valley High School First to Win National Driver's Ed Competition"
- "Connecticut and Alabama School Teachers Named Winners in Toyota Teen Driver Educators' Challenge"
- Toyota Winners Help Teens Be Better Drivers in Connecticut and Alabama
July 8, 2014
VDI customers, Nationwide Insurance and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), launch "Distracted Driver Simulator Tour".
- "Simulator helps teach lesson about distracted driving"
- "Trotwood Teens Learn Dangers of Distracted Driving"
- "ODOT Shows Off Distracted Driver Simulator at Local Fair"
- "Westlake students get a lesson in distracted driving from ODOT"
- "North Royalton Students Receive Crash Course in Distracted Driving"
- "Distracted Driving Simulation has Drivers Rethink Habits"
- SADD, AAA promote safe teen drivers at Allen East
- Simulator recreates distracted driving
- "Simulator Shows Drivers Effects of Distracted Driving"
- "Simulator Sends Message to Young Drivers"
- Students Take Wheel Behind Distracted Driving Simulator
- "Teens Learn Dangers of Distracted Driving
July 8, 2014
Mayo Clinic demonstrates the power of VDI's One Simple Decision to prevent injuries throughout the communities of Minnesota by showing the devastating consequences of distracted and impaired driving.
July 8, 2014
AAA uses VDI Driving Simulator to Teach Students the Dangers of Texting While Driving.
- Westfield Marks Texting Ban
- Simulator Help Teens Understand Dangers of Texting & Driving
- "Logan Students Try Texting and Driving Simulator"
- "Driving Home a Point at BMHS"
- "Simulator Gives Students Lesson in Dangers of Distractions"
- AAA and Illinois State Police Host Texting and Driving Simulator
- "Logan Students Learn Dangers of Texting While Driving"
- "Demonstrating the Dangers of Texting and Driving"
- Michigan State Police Using AAA Simulator
- "Lethal Texting: Trying to Get Teens to Stop Texting While Driving"
- "All of the students rated the driving simulators as "impactful" and "useful"
July 8, 2014
Nationwide Insurance (Getzoni Agency) uses 21st century VDI driving simulator with One Simple Decision™ curriculum to save teen lives throughout New York.
July 8, 2014
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a VDI's virtual driving program that shows teens the consequences of distracted or impaired driving.
July 8, 2014
State Farm uses VDI simulators to build their brand while promoting teen driver safety with Celebrate My Drive.
July 8, 2014
O
hio Highway Patrol and Stark County SAFE Communities are using VDI simulators in their new program called Drive Talk.
hio Highway Patrol and Stark County SAFE Communities are using VDI simulators in their new program called Drive Talk.
July 8, 2014
Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital - Injury Prevention Center purchased VDI driving simulators to bring awareness to the deadly consequences of distracted and impaired driving.
July 8, 2014
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, UPMC Hamot, purchases a VDI simulator for their Teen Safe Driver Task Force with a State Farm insurance grant.
July 8, 2014
Ohio DOT showcases a VDI simulator to show Ohio young adults the consequences of distracted and impaired driving.
July 8, 2014
VDI customer Maine Bureau of Highway Safety is rolling out a new driver education program statewide.
>"Police to Crack Down on Distracted Driving"
July 8, 2014
The Allstate Foundation and UMass Memorial Medical Center provide funding to launch "Teen D.R.I.V.E." (Distracted Reality an Interactive Virtual Education), featuring VDI's "One Simple Decision", in Massachusetts.
July 8, 2014
New Jersey Manufacturer's & Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey sponsor Champion Schools program donating VDI simulators to 55 New Jersey high schools.
- "Ewing-based New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance donates 55 Driving Simulators to High Schools"
- "West Orange High School Driving Simulator Dedication"
- VDI Simulators Chosen for 55 New Jersey High Schools
- "Mainland Regional HS Students To Get Virtual Practice for Better Driving Safety"
- "Belleville Students Send Safe Driving Message"
- Champion Schools program winners announced
- "Mercer County Schools Awarded Driving Simulators"
- "Teens Show they've Got Brains and Know How to Use Them"
- "Insurer to Help South Jersey Teens Learn How to Drive"
July 8, 2014
Maria Tiberi was a senior at OSU in Autumn 2013 when she died in a car accident attributed to distracted driving. The foundation was created by Maria’s parents, Dom and Terri Tiberi, in her name to spread the word about the negative effects of distracted driving. Maria Tiberi Foundation has purchased over 40 VDI simulators, which have gone to various police departments and school districts in Ohio.
- Dom Tiberi Given COSI STEM Award for Efforts to End Distracted Driving
- Maria Tiberi Family Tackles Tragedy by Promoting Road Safety
- Maria Tiberi Foundation Donates Simulator to the Ohio State Police
- Whitehall-Yearling High School Students are Driven to Distraction No More
- Simulator Used In Health Class at Dublin Jerome High School
- Simulator Teaches Adults to Stop Driving Distracted
July 8, 2014
Kaiser Permanente using VDI's distracted driving simulator to help educate people about the dangers of not paying attention when behind the wheel.
July 8, 2014
Illinois State Police offer the community a chance to try texting and driving in a controlled environment using a VDI driving simulator with the "One Simple Decision" program.
July 8, 2014
Covenant Health Care teaches danger of texting while driving utilizing VDI simulators.
