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Driving stationary Aetnacars

Caption: "Driving stationary Aetnacars, Jane Cobb (left) and Sonia Janda (right) of Rosedale, Woodrow Wilson High School students, take their driving lessons on the revolutionary new classroom training device introduced Tuesday (February 24) by the New York City school system. Called the Aetna Drivotrainer, it was developed by the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and consists of 15 small cars which fill an entire classroom at the Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades [located at Nassau Avenue and Bedford Avenue]. Instructor Clarence Barger (rear) supervises training of entire class from control cabinet where students' actions in traffic sequences shown on movie screen at front of room are automatically recorded on score sheet."

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