Popular Science: Why don’t we use more driving simulators to teach teenage drivers?

From my Are We There Yet? column on Pop Sci

These simulators popped up in the 1950s, but there's a reason you won't see them in accredited driving schools today.

IN 1953, dozens of teens at Brooklyn High School for Automotive Trades took one of the first-ever realistic driving simulators out for a spin. The Drivotrainer was no Gran Turismo, but it offered road video and a bumper car-style driver’s seat with a steering wheel, clutch, brake, mirrors, speedometer, and even a hood ornament...

Why don't we use more driving simulators to teach teenage drivers?

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.