Mastering the New Rules of the Road: Driver’s Ed Adapts To 21st-Century Cars describes some of the newer driving classes that spend more time in a car than in the classroom:
One of the main lessons of the driving courses is to train the driver’s eyes — through repeated skill drills — to automatically look in the direction the car needs to go rather than looking at the danger. In the MasterDrive course, lights are used to simulate a drunken driver veering out of a lane into the driver’s path. Initially, most drivers slam on their brakes and steer directly into the oncoming car — some of them even close their eyes and let go of the steering wheel. By repeating the simulation over and over, the driver learns to look and steer toward an open area to escape the oncoming car.