Abstract:
Tourism is one of the major economic sectors which affects the country’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP). Traffic safety within the cities which
are highly attracted by tourists is becoming an important problem in the country. Based
on investigations it is identified that unawareness of rules and lack of practice to
hazardous incidents are the main reason for that. Although most of the tourists have a
valid driving license, they may be having very low knowledge about the road rules in Sri
Lanka. So, when they are driving in the country, they need to have a proper understanding
or an awareness about the road rules in the country. The primary objective of the system
is to provide the tourist a platform to allow practicing to overcome the hazardous
challenges and to have a self-evaluation about their knowledge about the road rules in the
country through a point-based method defined upon the rules, road conditions and driving
ethics established in the country. To provide a realistic environment that is similar to the
country, virtual environments are modeled based on different criteria. Through the usage
of Artificial Intelligence techniques like non-player characters and objects, the reality of
the environment was enhanced. It can be concluded that training the learners in a virtual
environment that similar to the real environment with a proper assessment of their
awareness of the rules and road signs, and driving ethics will solve most of the problems
we face today.
Keywords: Driving game, Tourism, Simulator, Rules, Traffic safety
