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Defensive Driving For Light & Medium Duty Vehicles
Training Formats: Multi-Lingual
Streaming Video | Online Training
• Fo cuses on the essential skills of hazard perception, speed and space management, decision driving, and distracted driving
• Covers company cars, pickup trucks, straight trucks, utility vans, and passenger vans
• Emphasizes that drivers of company fleet vehicles are responsible for their lives and their passengers’, the company’s cargo, and the company’s reputation
• Challenges drivers to think about “What if?” scenarios and how they would respond to avoid an accident
DID YOU KNOW?
A defensive driver is a safe driver. Driving defensively prevents accidents and injuries as well as unexpected, additional business costs, such as vehicle repairs and increased insurance premiums.
A defensive driver:
• Observes the entire situation,
• Watches for changes,
• Recognizes potential hazards,
• Plans for the appropriate response, and
• Carries out that plan when necessary.
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See pages 138-139.
Cargo Securement Flatbeds
Training Formats: Multi-Lingual
DVD | Streaming Video | Online Training
• Helps satisfy 49 CFR Part 392 and 393, Subpart I requirements
• Addresses flatbed rub rail issues
• De scribes the difference between “direct” and “indirect” tiedowns and how to calculate the working load limit for each
• Di scusses the number of tiedowns required and their placement
• Clarifies whether a headerboard or bulkhead is required and how having one changes the securement requirements
• Di scusses the importance of using manufacturers’ Working Load Limits (WLL) when selecting securement devices
• Emphasizes the driver’s responsibility to re-examine loads en route
• Covers CSA implications of cargo securement violations
• Features stand-alone video segments on: heavy equipment, lumber and building materials, metal coils, concrete pipes, and logs
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