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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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