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11 3.1 Overview of Training Organizations Schools. Commercial driving schools provide the most formal driver training.
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3.2 Commercial Driver Training In CTBSSP Synthesis 1, safety managers and other industry experts ranked insufficient training as a significant safety management problem. Forty percent of the safety managers surveyed placed training and training standards as one of the top five solutions to industry safety problems.
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These tests were designed to be adaptable to different vehicle sizes and configurations. Each met professional standards for reliability and validity, and each measured an important, yet relatively independent, area of driver skill.
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14 UNIT 1: BASIC OPERATION 1.1 Orientation 1.2 Control Systems 1.3 Vehicle Inspections 1.4 Basic Control 1.5 Shifting 1.6 Backing and Docking 1.7 Coupling and Uncoupling UNIT 2: SAFE OPERATING PRACTICES FOR BASIC OPERATION 2.1 Visual Search 2.2 Vehicle Communication 2.3 Speed Management 2.4 Space Management UNIT 3: ADVANCED OPERATING PROCEDURES 3.1 Night Operation 3.2 Extreme Driving Conditions 3.3 Hazard Perception 3.4 Emergency Maneuvers/Skid Avoidance 3.5 Skid Control and Recovery 3.6 Passive (Unmarked or Uncontrolled) Railroad Crossings UNIT 4: VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND REPORTING MALFUNCTIONS 4.1 Identification and Maintenance 4.2 Diagnosing and Reporting Malfunctions UNIT 5: NON-VEHICLE ACTIVITIES 5.1 Handling and Documenting Cargo 5.2 Environmental Issues 5.3 Hours of Service Requirements 5.4 Accident Procedures 5.5 Managing Life on the Road/Personal Resources 5.6 Trip Planning 5.7 Communication Skills Table 2.
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Included in the definition of "private sector" were driving schools (i.e., public, private, and company-operated) ; certification and accreditation groups; carriers and fleet operators; associations; insurance companies; and drivers.
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Gothenburg, Sweden, is an example of a municipal vocational center that offers the standard vocational curriculum and training program. Drivers take a 10-week course to qualify for a commercial vehicle license.
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what computers should do through their use of video games, personal computers, automated teller machines, cell phones, and various television recording and playing devices. These students should be receptive to well-designed and challenging CBI programs.
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Ryder Truck (2000) describes a computer program that delivers 32 1-hour lessons on trucking fundamentals based on the PTDI curriculum.
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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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20 Open-Loop Low-End Simulation Mid-Range Simulation Throughput/Session 8 1 1 Simulated Vehicle Environment ✓ ✓ ✓ Interactivity ✓ ✓ High Task Fidelity ✓ Model Terrain Board ✓ Realistic Audio/Visual Systems ✓ Instructor Console ✓ ✓ Realistic Gauges and Instruments ✓ ✓ ✓ Performance Measurement Tools ✓ ✓ ✓ Full Visual Replication of Driving Scene ✓ Fully Functional Traffic Signals ✓ Virtual Driving World Encompassing 50 Square Miles ✓ Intelligent Traffic ✓ Real Mirrors ✓ Skill-Based Training ✓ ✓ ✓ Rule-Based Training ✓ ✓ Knowledge-Based Training ✓ (Source: Brock, Jacobs, and McCauley 2001) Table 6.
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use of simulators at New York and New Jersey transit training facilities. The two agencies actually use quite different simulators.
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22 Evaluation Types Program Areas General Evaluation Targets Regulatory environment Program context Contractual environment Quality management and control Marketing Business processes Customer service Benchmarking and certification Program standards Transferability of the program Curriculum materials Instructional products Tests and measurement Instructor preparation Curriculum delivery; in-car practice Formative Evaluation Instructional processes Instructional facilities Knowledge outcomes Skill outcomes Motivation outcomes Mobility outcomes Student outcomes Behavioral outcomes Crash reduction impacts Injury reduction impacts Summative Evaluation Social impacts Socioeconomic impacts Meta-evaluation Evaluation quality Evaluation effectiveness (Source: Lonero and Clinton 2006, p.
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