Laboratory or simulator experience

A student sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age may be provided with driving practice in a laboratory setting using a driving simulator, but no more than eight (8) hours of such driving practice shall be counted towards meeting the total hours of behind-the-wheel instruction required by subsection (d) of section 14-36 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Such laboratory or simulator experience shall not count towards meeting the minimum eight (8) hours of behind-the-wheel instruction included in a full course of instruction, as described in subsection (b) of section 14-78-33 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.