Training of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (2004) / Chapter Skim
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The results of this study, when completed, will provide valuable data to fill the gaps in the knowledge regarding the effectiveness of simulation in training truck drivers. Regarding the use of simulators for training motorcoach drivers, Brock et al.
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Fifty-eight percent of the respondents indicated that simulator training is more effective than traditional training for teaching certain types of knowledge, skills, or attitudes. In particular, simulator training validates defensive driving techniques taught in the classroom, provides an opportunity to experience hazardous situations without putting the students or the bus at risk, reinforces proper driving habits and defensive driving principles, and allows instructors to check reaction time, eye-hand coordination, and driving skills.
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is a video test developed to measure a driver's traffic-related knowledge and skill level. This can be used by the company for decisions relating to driver training needs and assignments.
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HANDS-ON, ON-THE-ROAD Beginning drivers who complete formal training -- including the PTDI curriculum standard -- cannot be considered fully trained drivers without additional road experience and vocational-type training (such as loading tankers, chaining on loads, etc.) , under the guidance and supervision of an experienced, professional driver.
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, results of validation research indicate that such programs also improve driver retention. Much of the industry input addressing the question of what constitutes adequate training and the specific nature and extent of requirements to finish training was gleaned from responses by schools and trucking companies to FMCSA's ANPRM in 1993.
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, requires entry-level drivers, who must have graduated 22 from a PTDI-certified school, to undergo over-the-road training under the supervision of an experienced trainer/finisher driver until they reach a suitable level of experience to operate alone. Similarly, EPES Carriers, of Greensboro, North Carolina, provides entry-level drivers, who have graduated from an approved truck driver training school with PTDI or similar standards, with finishing training through a driving school (the Carolina Training Center)
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: 10,000 to 30,000 miles of hands-on training with a company driver trainer-finisher are required after the trainee has completed a 12-week, full-time truck driving program (classroom, lab, range, and on-street) covering the PTDI curriculum.
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