Apparatus for simulating crossroads vehicular traffic

Claim 1

Apparatus for simulating crossroads vehicular traffic including potential collisions thereat, said apparatus comprising: A. A roadway system layout including cross-wise intersecting roadway segments that provide at least one roadway crossroads portion; B. A plurality of simulated vehicles apparently movable along the roadway, individual vehicles being adapted to occupy different roadway segments and movable toward the dual-segments crosswise intersection whereby simulated vehicular crosstraffic and collision potential are afforded thereat; C. Speed variation means assigned to individual simulated vehicles and manipulatable from an operator''s station located remote from the roadway crossroads, said speed variation means being effectively exertible by the operator as the individual vehicle approaches the crossroads whereby the operator assigned thereto might control his own vehicle''s ability to negotiate the potential simulated vehicular cross-traffic; D. Collision-indication means to apprise an operator whenever his own assigned vehicle and another vehicle have substantially simultaneously arrived at the same roadway crossroads whereby the vehicles have seemingly merged to become collision victims, said collision-indication means being exhibited as an apparent interruption of roadway travel movement for a crossroads collision victim; and E. Collision victim survival means as a portion of the apparatus to automatically restore vehicular travel movement capability of a crossroads collision victim by virtue of an automatic time delay device after the collision-indication means has indicated that vehicles have apparently been engaged in vehicular collision.