Defensive Driving: CMV Driver Training
$35.00
This program aims to assist drivers in honing their defensive driving abilities. Its focus is on imparting effective strategies for recognizing and evading potential hazards. The foundation of defensive driving lies in believing that you can prevent accidents both by your actions and by avoiding those caused by other drivers. It entails driving with deliberate care to minimize the likelihood of an accident.
Who should take this course? Any CMV driver or CDL holder
What industry does this course apply to? Transportation or Trucking Industry
Time to Complete this Course: 15 minutes
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the Difference: Recognize the critical distinction between professional and recreational drivers—and why your responsibility on the road is greater.
- Embrace a Safety-First Mindset: Develop a strong safety culture focused on proactive defensive driving techniques.
- Commit to Seat Belt Use: Reinforce the importance of always wearing your seat belt, no matter the distance or situation.
- Manage Driver Fatigue: Learn to identify signs of fatigue and apply strategies to stay alert during long hours on the road.
- Control Your Speed: Understand the importance of speed management based on road, traffic, and vehicle conditions.
- Boost Situational Awareness: Stay fully aware of your surroundings to anticipate and react to potential hazards.
- Improve Driving Behaviors: Reflect on and improve daily driving habits to reduce risk and ensure professionalism.
- Know Your Lane: Maintain lane discipline and understand how positioning affects visibility and safety.
- Effectively Manage Space: Learn how to maintain safe following distances and manage space around your vehicle.
- Master Safe Backing Techniques: Apply best practices for backing to avoid one of the most common types of CMV accidents.
- Avoid Distractions: Identify common distractions and implement strategies to stay focused behind the wheel.
- Understand Medical Impacts: Learn how certain health conditions and medications can impact driving performance.
Description
As a professional commercial driver, you drive up to 11 hours in a 14-hour period a day on the road and that is much more time than what we label as recreational drivers who do not hold a professional license and drive only a few hours a week. As a professional driver, you need to be on the defensive when on the road. Let’s face it, recreational drivers on the road are not concerned about a larger commercial vehicle whether a truck or a bus because most recreational drivers don’t understand the intricacies of driving a larger motor vehicle.
Throughout this course, we are going to give you tips on defensive driving. These tips are not in any particular order of importance as they all have importance for your driving success. Our goal for this course is to give you fundamental techniques you can use on the road, which in turn will keep you and everyone around you safe.
Topics Include:
- Safety Culture
- Seat Belts
- Fatigue
- Speed Management
- Situational Awareness
- Driving Behaviors
- Knowing Your Lane
- Managing Space
- Backing
- Avoiding Distractions
- Medical Impact
