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Fleet Driver Skills covers driver health and safety, road rules, vehicle safety and advanced driving. It goes everything you have forgotten since taking your drivers test, any rule changes up to now and everything you should have been taught about driving
safely. The course is great for long distance drivers, drivers new to NZ, someone new to a driving job or anyone wanting to reduce accident risk.
Outline
Driver health and safety
- Attitude: The psychology of accident risk and road rage, plus what makes a great driver
- Drugs and alcohol: Rules and guidelines around driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol
- Mobile phone use: Legal requirements for mobile phone use while driving, and implications and dangers
- Fatigue: Dealing with tired driving - recognising it and how to avoid it
- Driver health & fitness: How diet, health and fitness affect your ability to drive; medical standards for commercial drivers
- Vehicle setup: How to get the optimum position for driving, giving maximum control, safety and comfort
- Crashes: Common causes and consequences of collisions, and how to avoid them
- Carrying goods: Safe carrying of items in your vehicle
- Distractions: How to identify and avoid distracted driving
- Drive to the conditions: Awareness of how conditions, situations and other road users affect driver safety
- Anticipation: Scanning and anticipation for reducing fuel costs and accident risks
- Fuel efficiency: Tips and techniques for economical driving, saving fuel and reducing the environmental impact of driving
- Braking: How ABS works, braking techniques and distances
- Vehicle control: The system of vehicle control, gap selection and reaction times
- Night driving: Advantages and disadvantages of driving while it's dark
- Gravel driving: Techniques for coping with loose surfaces
- Safety technology: Understanding how to take advantage of vehicle safety technology
- Tyre & wheel safety: Keeping your tyres and wheels in top condition, plus important checks
- Crash testing: How crash testing works, what you should look for in a vehicle, and how airbags work
- Heavy vehicle: All questions for classes 2 and 3-5 for heavy vehicles for the learner licence test, and including additional content to broaden coverage of specific rules
- Carrying passengers: Support P endorsements and covers best practices for driver courtesy and passenger safety
- Truck fuel economy: Essential tips and tricks for reducing the amount of fuel used. This course complements SAFED training as either an excellent introduction or refresher course.
- Heavy vehicle loading: Covers the heavy vehicle loading code from NZTA and is an important learning tool for new truck drivers, and a great reminder for experienced truck drivers who are changing the types of loads they carry. It covers safe procedures for loading and unloading vehicles, coupling and uncoupling trailers, securing loads and driving with heavy loads.
- In addition, there is access to all the road rules and Road Code questions contained within the other sections. The road rules questions in the company/fleet section don't contain questions related to learner or restricted licences.
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