Entry-Level Driver Training: Skid Control: Driving Emergencies

Entry-Level Driver Training: Skid Control: Driving Emergencies

Course Length: 25 minutes

Intended Audience: Drivers who are applying for an initial commercial driver's license (CDL) or drivers upgrading their current CDL.

Course Disclaimer: This course can be used to help satisfy the theory instruction portion of the new entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements that go into effect on February 7, 2022. To satisfy the theory instruction requirements, this course must be assigned and administered by a school or other entity listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Training Provider Registry (TPR). To satisfy the complete ELDT training requirements, the school or entity conducting the training must provide the driver-trainee "behind-the-wheel" instruction in addition to theory instruction.

Regs Covered: Unit A1.3.2 Skid Control/Recovery, Jackknifing, and Other

This unit must teach the causes of skidding and jackknifing and techniques for avoiding and recovering from them. The training providers must teach the importance of maintaining directional control and bringing the CMV to a stop in the shortest possible distance while operating over a slippery surface. This unit must provide instruction in appropriate responses when faced with CMV emergencies. This instruction must include evasive steering, emergency braking, and off-road recovery, as well as the proper response to brake failures, tire blowouts, hydroplaning, and rollovers. The instruction must include a review of unsafe acts and the role the acts play in producing or worsening hazardous situations.

Overview: Loss of vehicle control is scary. Even the most prepared and alert driver will experience a tire blowout, brake failure, or other emergency during their driving career.

This course is designed to address appropriate responses to common emergencies and teach drivers how to maintain directional control.

Objectives

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Explain the importance of maintaining directional control
• Indicate appropriate responses when faced with emergencies such as brake failure, a tire blowout, hydroplaning, and rollovers
• Recognize unsafe acts that play a role in producing or worsening hazardous situations

Outline

The J. J. Keller Entry-Level Driver Training: Skid Control: Driving Emergencies online course covers the following topics:

Introduction

• Introduction
• What You'll Learn

Evasive Steering

• Evasive Steering
• Escape Routes
• Affecting Factors
• Steering Technique
• Seat Belts
• Special Maneuvers
• Avoiding an Oncoming Vehicle
• Avoiding a Stopped or Stationary Vehicle
• Avoid a Merging Vehicle

Emergency

• Emergency Braking
• Braking Techniques
• Controlled Braking
• Stab Braking

Off-Road Recovery

• Off-Road Recovery
• General Procedures
• Brake
• Minimize Turning
• Return to the Road
• Countersteer
• Consider Drop-Off

Brake Failure

• Causes of Brake Failure
• General Procedures

Tire Blowouts

• Causes of Blowouts
• Effects of Blowouts
• Signs of Blowouts
• Sound
• Vibration
• Steering
• Dealing with a Blowout

Hydroplaning

• Causes of Hydroplaning
• Preventing Hydroplaning
• Responding to Hydroplaning

Rollovers

• Causes of Rollovers
• Preventing a Rollover

Conclusion

• Summary

Copyright Date: 2022

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