Fleet Driver Training

Did you know that DefensiveDriving.com offers fleet driver training? BusinessDriverSafety.com is a three-hour driver training course that was created to serve companies in need of online driver training. The course is simple, fast, and educational.

Fleet driver training is necessary for employers to show that are committed to safety by educating their drivers on driving decisions and how to interact with other on the road. Even better, DefensiveDriving.com offers 24 support for its' courses.

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Being a passenger in a vehicle can be a stressful situation.   Think about it. You’re putting your life in someone else’s hands as a passenger in someone else’s car.  Here’s a twist; that someone else happens to be your young driver. Has the panic set in for some of you yet? I see you over there clinching on to your seat belt,  white knuckling the door handle, and using your imaginary brake pedal as you ever so lovingly instruct your child  to “Don’t drive so close behind that car!” , “Using...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, (FMCSA), allows truck drivers to continue to spend as many as 11 hours a day on the road under a final hours-of-service rule they issued in December.  They had proposed shortening the daily allowable driving time, but said "compelling scientific evidence" is needed to support the move.

FMCSA determined that the economic benefits of the current 11-hour maximum trumped the safety gains associated with limiting truckers to 10 hours on the road. Fleet...

If you are a fleet manager or Vice President of Human Resources with a lot of employees driving, you better know what it means.   Essentially, if you do not have a comprehensive driver safety policy or program in place, you are leaving your company open to liability.   In most cases, punitive damages are not covered under the commercial auto insurance policy, which means to you the employer, if you have employees driving, while the damages assessed to property and employee might be covered,...

This is a Defensive Driving Strategy  tip from one of our several state approved defensive driving courses about interacting with motorcycles. 

Knowing when collisions involving motorcycles are most likely to occur can help you drive safely in dangerous situations:

Left Turns - Nationally, the most common crash between cars and motorcycles is at an intersection when the automobile driver is making a left turn in front of a motorcycle. In 2008, there were 2,554 two-vehicle fatal crashes involving...

• Tow trucks have now been added to the slow down or move over laws, which require drivers to slow down 20 miles per hour below the speed limit, or to vacate the lane closest to the stopped emergency vehicle that has emergency lights activated if the road has multiple lanes traveling in the same direction. (House Bill 378)
•  Speed limits will now be the same during night and day driving, and separate speed...

Many suits have been brought in United States courts as a result of sun glare obliterating traffic control devices or oncoming vehicles or pedestrians from view. Multiple terms have been used to describe this situation, including disability glare, veiling glare, sun blindness, and sun dazzle. The effect is to 'wash out' the image on the retina with a bright, overwhelmingly dominant spot or pattern. Evaluation of sun glare requires factoring in latitude and longitude, road direction, weather...

Do you have a company that requires your driver's to operate company vehicles? Are you looking for a Corporate Driver Training program for your employee's? Well look no further, Defensive Driving Course has you covered! We offer a 4 hour Business Driving Safety Course for only $15!

This informative course will help your company's 
bottom line...

• Lower Health and Liability Insurance Rates
• Reduce Property and Vehicle Damage
• Avoid Employee Injury and Traffic Violations
• Reduce Employee Down Time

Employee...

We have all seen those crazy TV commercials with the Rat jamming out in the living room, or the cockroach trying to deliver a pizza, which is promptly followed by the "Orkin Man" who keeps the unwanted pests away.   Orkin spends a lot of money on advertising their brand and it is clear they want that brand safeguarded.

I was following an Orkin truck today and Orkin has a rather novel approach to their employee's driving their vehicles, one they have obviously put thought into and they apparently...

Whether your company manages a large fleet of delivery vehicles or simply loans out a few company cars for sales calls, creating and implementing an effective safe driving program will protect financial and human resources; reduce liability; and, above all, ensure the continued health and safety of employees and their families.

Safe driving policies, along with driver safety training, are proven to produce results. The National of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) recommends a ten-step program...

Know the number of points for a Florida traffic ticket

Your drivers license is one place where points are a bad thing. If you are convicted of traffic violation such as speeding or any moving violation in Florida points will be accessed to your drivers license. And if you are an out of state driver the State of Florida will send the violation details to your state DMV.

When you are charged with a traffic violation in Florida in many cases you can avoid getting the points but once the points...

When you set your side mirrors out fifteen degrees they become an extension of your rear view mirror. To set your mirror at fifteen degrees for the left side, lean your head over so that it is even with the window and adjust the mirror so that you can barely see the sides of your car from this position. To adjust the right side mirror put your head in the center point of the car then adjust the right side mirror just as you did the left.

This expands your view into your blind spot and you...

Looking for a great gift for the holidays for your loved one who is simply a terrible driver?  DefensiveDriving.com can help - call us today to purchase the award-winning online driver safety course for someone you care about!  We will teach them all about defensive driving including how to pull out of a skid, what to do if your brakes fail, the best way to avoid crashes and even how to avoid being hit by a train (sounds silly, but we wouldn't be talking about it if it hasn't happened).  

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