Professional Truck Driver, 4th Edition

One out of every eight traffic fatalities in 2006 resulted from a collision involving a large truck.* Although professional truck drivers are involved in fewer collisions than other motorists, collisions involving trucks are far more deadly and costly. Because of this, professional truck drivers and their employers have a tremendous responsibility for keeping the highways safe for others.

For over 20 years, the National Safety Council’s DDC-Professional Truck Driver program has given truck drivers the defensive driving techniques that help them avoid collisions and violations and make them take personal responsibility for their driving decisions.

( *NSC Injury Facts, 2008 ed.)

What's new in the 4th Edition?

Our 4th edition is more flexible and interactive than ever with completely revised curriculum and materials that conform to all current US DOT standards based on The Large Truck Crash Causation Study announced by U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

New and expanded topics and course materials include:

• Embedded tests after each session to allow for higher retention
• Self awareness driving inventory that provides feedback allowing for growth, development and constant improvement
• Personal and professional excellence and moral responsibility of a professional truck driver
• Aggressive driving and defensive driving skills
• Driver fatigue, stress and wellness strategies
• New interactive video segments demonstrating specific driving situations and key defensive driving strategies and techniques

Revised 2008 Teaching and Student materials include:

• Fully-scripted instructor manual
• Instructor PowerPoint Presentation
• Course Guide
• Updated videos list including two completely new segments: Hazard Recognition (new), The Gift, Tough Target, Lane Management (new) & In Our Own Words

Additional Alcohol and Other Drugs and Winter Driving modules available. Each includes Instructor supplement teaching materials, PowerPoint and video.

Flexible training to fit any schedule and budget

• Become a certified NSC Defensive Driving Course instructor to train your drivers
• Send your drivers to a National Safety Council DDC Training Center
• Invite a certified NSC Defensive Driving Course instructor to your facility for onsite training

It’s easy to learn and get certified to teach. Simply complete our three-day DDC-Professional Truck Driver Instructor Development Course, teach two probationary classes, and become registered as a DDC Training Center. Your organization registers as a DDC Training Center by signing an agreement, purchasing a teaching kit, obtaining a 12-month lease for our videos, employing a certified instructor, and following the published rules and regulations.

If you’re already an experienced driver, teaching a competitive truck driver course or DDC-8/6, you may be eligible to be grandfathered in as a DDC-Professional Truck Driver instructor. Call us at 800.621.7619 to learn how to qualify or contact us for details.