Entry-Level Driver Training: Skid Control: Skid Control and Prevention

Entry-Level Driver Training: Skid Control: Skid Control and Prevention

Course Length: 10 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 Emergencies

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 skid during his or her driving career.

This course is designed to address what causes a vehicle to skid, how to prevent a skid, and skid recovery.

Objectives

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify the major causes of skids and jackknifing and employ techniques for avoiding and recovering from them

Outline

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

Introduction

• Introduction
• What You'll Learn

Skid Control

• Causes of Skids
  • Traction
  • Wheel Load
  • Force of Motion
• Types of Skids
  • Drive-Wheel Skid
  • Trailer Skid
  • All-Wheel Skid
  • Front-Wheel Skid
• Skid Prevention

Skid Recovery

• Recovery Technique
• Recovery Technique
• Stop braking or accelerating
• Turn quickly
• Countersteer
• Stop your vehicle
• Slippery Surfaces

Conclusion

• Summary

Copyright Date: 2022

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