Chrysler's serious game teaches teens to drive
by Jason Dobson 
on Feb 27th 2008 2:30PM
Video games. Is there anything they can't do? Not if you believe advancements in the emerging
serious games market, which has produced programs aimed at doing everything from teaching cancer awareness and medical practices to treating veterans for posttraumatic stress disorder. Now Chrysler and developer SBK Interactive have come along and developed their own game aimed to teach teens what to do when they get behind the wheel.
According to a
NBC report, the
freely downloadable game, called
Streetwise, is part of the group's larger Road Ready Teens program, and is designed to teach "new drivers lessons on the road without ever venturing outside." We're interested to see what sorts of drivers this game turns out, though the idea of teens cutting their driving teeth on the same format that gave us
Burnout makes us inclined to lock the doors and order out for pizza.
