Transportation Safety TrainingDOT Entry Level Driver Training – Non-Driving Activities: Trip Planning

DOT Entry Level Driver Training – Non-Driving Activities: Trip Planning

SKU: JCOM-40088
Duration: 0.32 Hrs

When you plan a long road trip in your personal vehicle, you often do research ahead of time to figure out your route. Your choices may be influenced by the availability of roadside attractions, rest stops, restaurants, and gas stations along the way, and the time and distance between them. Road closures, border crossings, and tolls might also figure in. For example, you might choose to drive on a highway that goes around a city rather than drive through it to save time. However, if there is a restaurant in that city that you’ve been wanting to visit, you might be willing to forgo the time savings in exchange for a delicious burger or slice of pie! CMV drivers should review their route plan every day to help them determine where they are going, when they will get there, and what to expect along the way, including any potential issues. In some cases, you, the driver, will be responsible for creating your own route plan. In other cases, your employer will create one for you. This course discusses the importance of route planning for CMV drivers, things you should consider, and resources that are available to help.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the importance of and requirements for planning routes and trips
  • Identify the different permits that may be required for a trip
  • Identify different weight and height limits and describe how weight is calculated
  • Discuss special considerations for traveling with hazardous materials and waste
  • Describe special considerations for traveling with high-theft cargo

Specs

Course Level Fundamental
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Bob Jonas

Bob Jonas began his trucking adventure in 1973, at the age of twenty-three, driving for a new company that manufactured windows. First employed to drive 20-foot straight trucks, over the next 15 years he logged over a million miles in 11 western states. Starting with 40-foot dry vans, increasing in size to 53 feet, he also pulled doubles, occasionally triples, flatbeds, and reefers (refrigerated trailers). In addition to delivering windows, he was required to back haul everything from raw glass, cereal, oyster shells, potato flakes, paper, Christmas trees, and swinging horse meat. He was also given the responsibility of testing new hires. After leaving the company he had worked for so long, Jonas's life headed in another direction, where he was still able to use his driving skills for part time work. In the next few years, he worked the Christmas rush for UPS, hostling, driving doubles and triples. He also worked for another company delivering 5,000 lbs. spools of newsprint, as well as container pick and delivery to the docks and rail yards. His final miles were logged part time for another window manufacturer. Never knowing what road he would travel next, Bob didn't give up his CDL until 2014.

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