Commercial Vehicle Driver Training

We will travel to your location and provide a training course that reflects your operation.

Joe Mokrisky speaks with Jack VanSteenburg, Chief Safety Officer of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration about commercial vehicle safety scores and enforcement programs.

Joe Mokrisky meets with Greg Hale, Vice President of Safety of Disney Resorts Worldwide. Mr. Hale shares the Disney approach to innovative safety solutions and how companies can use these techniques in their own operation.

Driver Training There any many driver training programs available that addresses a variety of topics. If you train your drivers with a program that does not reflect your specific operation you challenge your safety efforts from the very start. For a driver training program to yield the highest return it must be tailored to the individual operation and be conducted by an instructor knowledgeable in the field.

Anyone can offer your company a boxed training program, sit in a room, show videos and issue a certificate of attendance. Capitol Motor Carrier Compliance will provide you with a customized training program using materials targeted to your daily operation, compliance and safety policies. Instructors with valid CDL licenses will challenge your drivers to take an active role in the program and get a better understanding of how the company’s safety policies and procedures are to be complied with and how they will result in improved operations.

Our training programs include:
• National Safety Council Professional Truck Driver Defensive Driving Course
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL | Professional Truck Driver Defensive Driving Course • Dynamics of Fleet Safety
• Commercial Motor Vehicle Basics for Entry Level Drivers
• Operating Commercial Motor Vehicles “Stay One Step Ahead”
• Risk Management for Commercial Motor Vehicles
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Training for Drivers
• How to Survive a DOT Audit
• Straight Truck Defensive Driving
• Driver Disqualification Training

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Joseph Mokrisky, Instructor # 886262

Professional Truck Driver Defensive Driving Course
The National Safety Council’s Defensive Driving Course-Professional Truck Driver Course (DDC-PTD) is written exclusively for professional truck drivers by professional truck drivers. DDC-PTD will be presented by an instructor with a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and proven experience in the transportation industry. Your drivers will take an active role in the class by using real life examples from an instructor who will keep them involved in the discussion. No matter where your fleet and drivers are based, they’ll get the same quality and course content.

DDC-PTD Professional Truck Driver–3rd edition
Professional truck drivers are involved in fewer collisions than other motorists, but collisions involving trucks are far more deadly and costly. DDC-PTD gives truck drivers defensive driving techniques that help them avoid collisions and violations. Like other National Safety Council DDC courses, it focuses on personal responsibility and the consequences of the driving decisions we make.

The 3rd edition is more flexible than ever. It can be taught in as little as four hours, or extended to eight hours with supplemental modules.

Topics include:
• The most common causes of truck-related collisions - and how to avoid them
• Setting safety standards and protecting other motorists
• The unique challenges of driving large vehicles
• Dealing with uncontrollable driving conditions and hazards
• “Drive for 5”—protecting motorists and truck drivers
• Personal safety
• Following distance

What do students say upon completion of this course?
• “The best driving class I have attended.”
• “It was nice to have an instructor who knows the trucking industry and has driven a tractor trailer.”
• “This class was the best. More companies should use it.”

What do companies say about the course?
• “The instructor took the time to research our actual operation before presenting the class.”
• “Class subjects were targeted to our company’s actual needs.”
• “This course has helped improve my company’s operations in many positive ways.”

Capitol Motor Carrier Compliance is proud to offer you this one of a kind training program. Drivers all over New England have commented on how much they enjoyed this unique training experience. We are confident that your drivers will also find this program to be both educational and enjoyable. Capitol Motor Carrier Compliance can take this valuable program a few steps further by giving your drivers a training program that includes their responsibilities regarding;

• Risk Management
• Driver’s responsibilities for DOT Compliance
• Driver Disqualification
• Driver’s Role in Safestat
• Reducing Liability and Improving Operations
National Safety Council Executive Committee Member
United states department of transportation trained