Guiding Lights Technology Inc. (GLT) is a 20 year old company founded by Graham H. Stokes, Chairman and CEO. It specializes in the provision and marketing of state-of-the-art, best of breed ground vehicle simulators and other technologies, to facilitate taking driver training into the 21st Century. The benefits include significantly increased profitability by reducing driver turn-over, preventable accidents and ensuring a continuous supply of highly trained professional drivers, certified to a consistent standard of competency as with Airline Pilots.

GLT is focused on Joint Ventures, International Marketing, Consulting Services, specializing in Simulation Training, International Partnership Agreements, Government liaison in the UK, Europe and North America. GLT has provided sales, marketing and consulting services to major corporations including Bombardier Transportation, SYDAC, CORYS, Lockheed Martin, IIT Research Institute, and QinetiQ, a division of British Defence. We provide access to the CEO’s and BOD’s of some of the worlds largest transportation companies.

Simulators and training systems offered by GLT, in most cases use technologies that have been commercialized from advanced military projects. Simulators provide “value added” to customers product portfolios who provide product and services to the Rail and Bus Transportation Industries. An overview of GLT's range of technologies that can truly take driver training into the 21st Century can be found using the links to the left.

Using GLT’s supply of world class driver training simulators, high-fidelity Internet Distance Learning Systems and Computer-Based Trainers (CBT's) customers can:

(A) Train Drivers to EC and International Standards of Certification.
This will alleviate a major world-wide shortage of highly-trained certified ground vehicle drivers, which is severely impacting the profitability of countries transportation industries, and their ability to capitalize on rapidly increasing trade, resulting from open borders. And,

(B) Reduce Ground Vehicle Accidents Causing Death and Serious Injuries.
Each year in North America, vehicle accidents result in 49,500 deaths and over 3,000,000 serious injuries. The cost is $385 billion, including $27 billion in Canada and $9 billion in Ontario.

With its current stable of state-of-the-art technologies, focused on taking driver training into the 21st century,
Guiding Lights Technology is poised for rapid growth.

TRAINING: Reduce Road Accidents and Fatalities by providing Global Transportation Companies with State-Of-The-Art, Best of Breed, Bus, Truck, Car and Rail Vehicle Simulators (some test driven by Astronauts & Ministers of Transportation) to take Driver Training into the 21st Century and attain “Airline Pilot Standards” of evaluation, training, certification & safety

PRODUCTS: Reduce Environmental Pollution by providing Revolutionary “Foam Air Engine Filters” that last 4 times longer than paper filters, which prevent premature engine failure and ensure they are working at peak efficiency, resulting in reduced fuel usage. They facilitate full compliance with “Environmental” legislation and reduce solid waste disposal.

GLT was awarded a prestigious contract by Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport, for the development and supply of advanced driver training simulators. Additional Airport simulators contracts secured in 2008.

GLT awarded major international contracts with the UK's largest Rail Freight company, EWS. GLT also secured rail simulator orders from Central Trains, UK.

GLT awarded contracts for Mobile Driver Training Simulators from North American Oil & Gas companies. We were recommended by Insurance companies to the Oil & Gas Industry.

GLT has secured International Partnership Agreements and alliances with:

Bombardier UK. GLT advised BT UK and Europe on Best of Breed Simulator technology
FCL UK. To provide Foam Air Engine Filters in North America.
DERA _ QinetiQ. The British Defence Evaluation Research Agency, simulator support.
Angel Trains. Angel to provide financing for acquisition of clients simulators.

GLT offers a complete range of Locomotive Simulators (from SYDAC – see Press Release) fro driver Training and the smooth, rapid integration of new rolling stock. Ranging from Computer Based Trainers (CBTs) for interactive distance learning over the Internet, to Operational Analysis and Crash Investigation, Part Task Simulators, up to Totally Realistic Full Mission Full Motion Simulators.  Systems can be used for basic and advanced training, as well as SPAD (Signals Passed at Danger) avoidance, and rout familiarization.

These include state-of-the-art Truck and Bus Mobile simulators.  Also, U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilot simulator technology (the same used to prepare pilots for the Gulf War) now commercialized for training drivers of all ground based vehicles.  These include cars, trucks, trains, airport and emergency vehicles, such as fire trucks, ambulances and police cars (for high speed pursuit driver training).  These Simulators are proven to reduce accidents by up to 35%

GLT has signed an Exclusive Agreement with FCL UK Ltd, to distribute in North America the revolutionary Foam Air Engine Filer.  They last 4 times as long as paper filters, prolong engine life, optimize performance reducing fuel usage and contribute to the Environment, by reducing pollution and solid waste.  Driver training, fuel economy and Environmental Compliance is now high on all CEOs agendas.  GLT will provide full product supply and logistics support for the supply of this revolutionary product.

Include a laser Video Eye-Tracking System, developed for training U.S. Air force fighter pilots.  A major cause of vehicle accidents is a driver’s poor scanning pattern.  By observing a driver/pilot, a trainer knows the general direction of their scanning pattern.  However, they do not know with pin-point accuracy, the effectiveness of their scanning pattern.  The Eye-Tracker, with a mini camcorder, projects and records a cross (+) on the video of the driver’s scanning pattern relative to the terrain, for playback and analysis.  It is a powerful tool for trainers to evaluate drivers.

GLT will evaluate a revolutionary Night Vision System.  Currently designed for cars, we will explore it’s adaptation to police vehicles for night time high-speed pursuits, improving safety for drivers of trucks, trains, buses, and emergency response vehicles.

GLT’s range of simulators and training technologies has been featured on TSN with Brad Diamond and articles by Jim Kenzie, Toronto Star, Rolf Lockwood, Editor of Today’s Trucking, John G. Smith, Editor of Truck News, as well as Silicon Valley North.  GLT’s initiative to integrate simulation technology into driver training is supported by the Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto police and the transportation Industry.