Transportation Safety TrainingDOT Entry Level Driver Training – Safe Operating Procedures: Speed Management

DOT Entry Level Driver Training – Safe Operating Procedures: Speed Management

SKU: JCOM-40075
Duration: 0.33 Hrs

All drivers must maintain control of their vehicle at all times in order to arrive safely at their destination. CMV drivers require a bit more knowledge and skill to drive safely because their vehicles are significantly larger and heavier than other vehicles. The most important thing to consider is your required stopping distance. You must be able to be stop within the distance you can see ahead to avoid hazards. Try to match your speed to the speed of traffic around you in heavy traffic, slow down and downshift for curves and steep downgrades, slow down in poor weather and slippery road conditions, and maintain a safe following distance at all times. These small steps, and your good judgment, can keep the roads safe for you and other drivers, and make sure you all get home on time. This course discusses speed management for commercial motor vehicles, including in challenging road, weather, and traffic conditions. It also describes how to calibrate your following distance in different situations.

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Learning Objectives

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

  • Explain how to manage your speed effectively in response to road, weather, and traffic conditions
  • Describe methods for calibrating safe following distances, taking into account stopping distances under different conditions
  • Describe how weight and length affect following distance

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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