Becky Roberson and Dickson Nshimirimaria are both too young to be behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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But they've now driven a truck. At least, in virtual reality.
The year 10 students took part in the SafeT360 road safety exhibition on Tuesday at the Wagga Christian College.
With Occulus goggles affixed, they each sat in the driver's seat of a truck to see the road from that perspective.
"The blindspots were surprising. From the driver's perspective, when you look around it looks like there are no cars there and then they come out of nowhere," said 15-year-old Becky.
"You're so unaware that there are people there. The driver just cannot see the cars. It can't be the driver's fault if they can't see you at all.
"I think people try to get [to their destination] quicker by trying to speed around a truck, but it's more important to be safe."
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For Dickson, factoring the truck's speed into the time it takes to stop was the most shocking part of the demonstration.
"If the truck is going at 60km it takes it about 83 metres to stop fully," the 14-year-old student said.
"With a car, that would only take 40 metres. It's double for a truck."
As well as stopping distances and blindspots, the simulator also runs through situations involving distractions while driving and problems when overtaking turning trucks.
Coordinator Kayla O'Brien will be travelling with the B-double truck simulator around the Riverina, involving as many students in the driving demonstration as possible.
"Sixteen to 25-year-old road users are the most over-represented group of people involved in crashes on our roads. This must change," Ms O'Brien said.
It comes at a particular paramount time across the region, following a spate of collisions involving trucks.
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"[Majority] of the time, when an accident happens with a truck, it's the smaller vehicle that is at fault because the driver hasn't understood the truck on the road," Ms O'Brien said.
"When a lot of people drive around trucks, they forget there's a driver in there too. There's a person behind the wheel. It's because some people have never seen a truck up close, so we like to get them inside one.
"Trucks are important and they're not going away. Everything you did this morning you did because a truck was involved in delivering it to you - you ate breakfast, you dressed, you used your iPhone and a truck was involved in delivering all of that."
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