A Canadian college friend, with a PhD in traffic science, has come up with a high-tech driver's ed console that looks like pilot training gear. He just appeared on the CBC--demonstrating a Virage system in Montreal. It looks a lot more fun than the driver's ed I class I took in high school..
You can view a clip here:
rtsp://media.cbc.ca/bc_media/canadanow/20070126drivingsimulator.rm