PROACTIVE DRIVER TRAINING
Our Proactive, Online Commercial Fleet Safety Training Program
We have partnered with PureSafety, the leading provider of online safety training and risk management solutions, to provide a suite of over 30 online courses targeting high-risk commercial vehicle driver safety practices. The courses can be used for both corrective action (when a report on a driver is called in) and proactive commercial vehicle driver safety education through the Driver's Alert solution. Fleet safety is our priority. Our courses target many high-risk driver safety practices, including speeding, tailgating and lane changes. In addition, we offer Hazmat training to enhance your commercial fleet safety program.
Avoiding Rear-End Collisions
Large Construction Vehicles
0:34
English
Light Commercial Vehicles
0:28
English/Spanish
  • The six major factors that contribute to rear-end collisions
  • What to do to avoid colliding with a vehicle in front of you
  • How to reduce the risk of another vehicle colliding with yours from the rear
Changing Lanes
Large Vehicles
0:12
English/Spanish
Light Commercial Vehicles
0:12
English/Spanish
  • Using a Cushion of Safety
  • Passing
  • Merging
  • Exiting
  • Strategies for Changing Lanes
Defensive Driving
Small Vehicles
0:55
English
  • The five characteristics of defensive drivers
  • The three major causes of traffic accidents
  • The actions to take to remain in control of driving
  • What to do to control your vehicle as you drive
  • The eight most common driving errors and how to prevent them
  • The collision prevention formula
  • The action to take in the event of a collision or traffic incident
Delivery Driver Safety
All Vehicles
0:26
English
  • Pre-trip Inspections
  • Entering and exiting a delivery truck
  • Uploading products at customer locations
  • The best lifting techniques
  • Using a hand truck properly
  • Working with ramps
  • Planning your route when you make a delivery
  • Closing the back door of a delivery truck
Distracted Driver
All Vehicles
0:23
English
  • Prevalence of distracted driving
  • The 3 major types of driver distractions
  • What you can do to avoid these distractions
  • Strategies to remain focused
DOT Driver Compliance
All Vehicles
0:17
English
  • Documents needed for a qualified driver
  • The new Hours or Service regulations
  • Correctly filling out a daily log sheet
  • Ensuring that all required inspections are conducted when needed
  • The requirements for drug and alcohol testing
  • Important Hazmat compliance issues
  • What a DOT auditor will look for during an inspection
Extreme Driving Conditions
All Vehicles
0:25
English/Spanish
  • The key factors for driving safely in extreme weather
  • How to drive on differing road surfaces
  • The actions to take when driving in winter weather
  • How to reduce speed to drive in different extreme weather conditions
  • How to prepare for and drive in extremely hot weather
Fleet Safety
All Vehicles
0:45
English/Spanish
  • How to identify the vehicles within your company’s incidental fleet
  • Definition and example of negligent entrustment
  • Writing fleet management program
  • Establishing driver criteria for company and non-company vehicle use
  • Specific safe driving issues
  • Implementing a fleet management program
Hazards of Speeding
Large Vehicles
0:13
English/Spanish
Light Commercial Vehicles
0:13
English/Spanish
  • The Very Real Hazard of Speeding
  • Speed and Stopping Distance
  • Hazards of Speeding
Load Securement
All Vehicles
0:41
English
  • Recognizing the forces acting on cargo
  • Identifying securement system elements and their properties
  • Selecting safe and legal securement and distribution methods
  • Applying tiedown regulations to varied cargo
Road Rage
All Vehicles
0:17
English/Spanish
  • Difference between aggressive driving and road rage
  • Triggers for road rage
  • How to avoid becoming a victim of road rage
  • The actions to take if you encounter a road rage driver
  • What to do to avoid experiencing road rage
Safe Backing and Turning
All Vehicles
0:35
English/Spanish
  • Conducting thorough pre-trip inspections
  • How safe backing and turning procedures help prevent accidents
  • Identifying potential hazards
  • Using spotters
  • Awareness of blind spots
Stop Signs and Signals
Large Vehicles
0:15
English/Spanish
Light Commercial Vehicles
0:15
English/Spanish
  • Right-of-Way Violations
  • Railroad Crossings
  • Stop sign and signal strategies
Tailgating
Large Vehicles
0:13
English/Spanish
Light Commercial Vehicles
0:13
English/Spanish
  • The consequences of tailgating
  • How tailgating negatively impacts stopping distance
  • Strategies to overcome your impulse to tailgate
The 3 Dimensions of Safe Driving
Large Vehicles
0:35
English/Spanish
Small Vehicles
0:35
English/Spanish
  • Know yourself, Know Your Vehicle – Preparation, defensive driving practices and driving safely
  • Know What’s Around You – Speed and space management, turns, merging
  • Know Your Conditions – Intersections, city driving, night driving, railroad crossings
Towing Trailers
All Vehicles
0:22
English
  • How towing a trailer affects a vehicles operation
  • How to connect a vehicle and trailer
  • How to conduct a pre-trip inspections of the vehicle and trailer
  • How to load a trailer
  • Tips for driving with a load, including accelerating and passing
  • How to back with a trailer
  • Tips for parking with the trailer
Vehicle Accident Response*
Coming Soon
15 Passenger Van Safety
Light Commercial Vehicles
0:36
English
  • Understanding the differences between drving a 15-passenger van and driving a car
  • Describe effective driving preparation strategies to maximize safety
  • Select safe van-driving techniques
  • Identify procedures to safely conclude your trip
HazMat: Introduction
All Vehicles
0:11
English
  • Terms used throughout the Hazardous Materials Transportation
  • Training Modules
  • How to look up a definition
  • Definition of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
  • Facts about Hazardous Materials
  • The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR)
  • Who must comply with HMR?
  • Compliance
  • HAZMAT Training
  • Training overview
HazMat: The Hazardous Materials Table
All Vehicles
0:38
English
  • Interpreting the Materials Table
HazMat: Shipping Papers
All Vehicles
0:36
English
  • Proper Shipping Name
  • Hazard Class or Division
  • ID Number
  • Packing Group (PG)
  • Total Quantity and Unit of Measurement
  • Required Additional information
  • Shipper Certification
  • Emergency Contact Telephone Number
  • Emergency Response Information
HazMat: Packaging
All Vehicles
0:29
English
  • Who is required to comply with the HMR
  • Packaging
  • Definitions
  • Package vs. Packaging
  • Package Inspection
  • Offerer's Responsibility
  • Identifying the Hazardous Waste Packaging - Column 8 of the HMT
  • Limited Quantities (Class 3)
  • Exceptions
  • Non-Bulk Packaging
  • Paragraph Headings and other sections
  • Packaging for Flammable Liquid (Non-Bulk)
  • UN Standard Packaging
  • Special Provisions (HMT Column 7)
  • General Package requirements
  • Air shipments
HazMat: Packaging Exemptions and Exceptions
All Vehicles
0:28
English
  • Packaging small quantities
  • Agricultural products
  • Agricultural products transported within 150 miles of the farm
  • Materials of trade (or MOTS0 (HRM Section 173.6)
  • Materials of trade exceptions
  • Materials of trade packaging requirements
  • Lab packs
  • Lab packs outside packaging
  • Prohibited in lab packs
  • Leaking or damaged hazardous materials packages
  • Salvage drums
  • Packaging hazardous water (solid or semi-solid)
  • DOD packaging
  • Packaging exemptions
  • Special requirements packages and overpacks
  • Overpacks
  • Reuse of packaging
  • Empty packaging
  • Forbidden packages and materials
HazMat: Marking and Labeling
All Vehicles
0:38
English
  • The importance of the proper shipping name
  • The identification number (ID no)
  • The specifications of UN marks
  • Required Information
  • Instructions and/or cautions
HazMat: Placarding
All Vehicles
0:37
English
  • The specific rules for when placarding is or is not required
HazMat: Carrier Requirements - Highway
All Vehicles
0:35
English
  • The Hazardous Materials Regulations (or HMR) found in 49 CFR Part 177, Subpart A
  • Types of motor carriers
  • The requirements of the FMCSR in 49 CFR Part 177, Subpart A
  • Types of motor carriers
  • The applicable requirements of the FMCSR in 49 CFR Parts 350-399
HazMat: Carrier Requirements - Air
All Vehicles
0:47
English
  • The requirements for offering (as a shipper or passenger)
  • Accepting and/or transporting hazardous materials
  • Details of the requirements for air transportation as covered in Parts 171, 172, 173, and 175 of the HMR
  • The requirements unique to packaging for air transportation
HazMat: Carrier Requirements - Rail
All Vehicles
0:32
English
  • Terminology
  • Acceptance
  • Inspections
  • Disposition of Shipments
  • Bulk Packaging
  • Items Approved by the Federal Railroad Administration
  • Segregation of Hazardous Materials
  • Loading and unloading hazardous materials
  • Leakage
  • Loading Class 1 Explosives
  • Required documentation
  • Markings and placards
  • Switching
  • Restrictions
  • Train placement
  • Maximum speed
  • Nonconforming Tank Cars
  • Incidents and accidents
HazMat: Security Awareness
All Vehicles
0:25
English
  • Brief history of threats against Hazmat transportation
  • Potential Hazmat targets
  • Potential Hazmat threats
  • Tools useful for securing Hazmat transportation
* Coming Soon
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