PRINTER FRIENDLYDefensive Driving: Professional Truck Driver Instructor Course
Approximately one out of every eight traffic fatalities results from a collision involving a large truck. Although professional truck drivers are involved in fewer collisions than other motorists, collisions involving trucks are far more deadly and costly. Professional truck drivers and their employers have a tremendous responsibility for keeping the highways safe for others. The National Safety Council's DDC-Professional Truck Driver (DDC-PTD) program gives truck drivers the defensive driving techniques that help them avoid collisions and violations and make them take personal responsibility for their driving decisions.
The DDC-PTD Program is flexible and interactive with curriculum and materials that conform to all current US DOT standards.
Topics and Course Materials Include:
- Embedded tests after each session to allow for higher retention
- Self awareness driving inventory that provides feedback allowing for growth, development and constant improvement
- Personal and professional excellence and moral responsibility of a professional truck driver
- Aggressive driving and defensive driving skills
- Driver fatigue, stress and wellness strategies
- New interactive video segments demonstrating specific driving situations and key defensive driving strategies and techniques
Teaching and Student Materials Include:
- Fully-scripted instructor manual
- Instructor PowerPoint Presentation
- Course Guide
- Updated videos list including Hazard Recognition, The Gift, Tough Target, Lane Management and In Our Own Words
Additional Optional Modules Available:
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Winter Driving
Module Price: Members: $88.20 | Non-Members: $115.50
Course cost includes the Instructor kit. Additional materials are required to conduct training courses. For more information, contact Brandee Sommer, Training and Development Specialist for the Utah Safety Council at (801) 478-7878 Ext. 307
| Course Dates | Course Time | Course Cost |
| March 2-4, 2010 | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Member: $395 |
| Non-Member: $515 |
