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Defensive Driving Fundamentals
This award winning internationally recognized Defensive Driving program features the proprietary 5 Fundamentals of Defensive Driving: Think and Look Ahead, Anticipate Hazards, Keep Your Options Open, Manage the Risk and Control With Finesse. All updated for 2020, this is your best choice for a basic defensive driving course for employees.
What You'll Learn
- The dangers and penalties for distracted driving
- How to avoid distracted driving
- Understanding and applying advanced observation and recognition skills
- Understanding the importance of eye lead time and how to calculate it
- Visual search and scanning techniques
- Developing total situational awareness by getting a big picture view
- Mirror adjustment to minimize or eliminate blind spots
- Using superior vision to identify potential hazards
- Recognizing potential hazards before they become critical
- Classifying types of hazards using risk assessment strategies
- Predicting other traffic movements and planning responses in advance
- Concepts of space cushion driving and the safety zone around a vehicle
- Establishing and maintaining a safe following distance and adjusting for speed, vehicle configuration and conditions
- Optimum spacing at stops and intersections to provide vision and sight lines
- Freeway and highway space risk management
- Understanding and avoiding impairment and impairing substances including alcohol, cannabis and drugs when driving or working
About This Course
This award winning internationally recognized Defensive Driving program features the proprietary 5 Fundamentals of Defensive Driving: Think and Look Ahead, Anticipate Hazards, Keep Your Options Open, Manage the Risk and Control With Finesse. These core defensive driving concepts developed and fine tuned to a clear focused driver safety system by Thinking Driver founder and internationally recognized driver training expert Spencer McDonald form the foundation skill sets required to drive incident free for a lifetime. Using this program has resulted in up to 90% reductions in incident rates*
The media rich course engages learners through a variety of interactive on-screen activities including quizzes, click to discover facts, video, audio commentary and much more. This is the premier defensive driving eLearning program and is all new for 2020 with updated content to include information on avoiding Distracted Driving, Impaired Driving including Cannabis, Driver Fatigue, updated video and much more! The user interface is intuitive and easy to use. Employees love this course because unlike so many others, it’s interesting, entertaining and informative while holding their attention.
Developed in consultation with law enforcement, occupational health and safety professionals eLearning specialists and world class driver trainers, this is your first choice for an employee defensive driving course. *Source: Technical Safety BC (90% reduction in at-fault accidents between 2011 and 2015 using Thinking Driver training courses)
Course Requirements
- Estimated Duration
- Approximately 90 minutes
- Pass Requirements
- Testing conducted throughout this online Defensive Driving Fundamentals course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.
- Certificate
- Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
- Registration Fee
- $79.99 CAD
Frequently asked questions about online training
Common questions about enrollment, completion, and certificates.
What are the benefits of online training?
Benefits of online training include:
- Cost effective: no hotels, travel, meals and less time away from the workplace.
- Convenient: courses can be completed wherever you have access to a computer and internet access.
- Self paced: students can pause at any time and continue where they left off.
- Consistent: video/slide format ensures the course is the same every time.
- Easy verification: online access to training and certification records for students and managers.
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Since 2010, the collaborative partnership between these training companies has not only enabled the best-of-the-best in online safety training to be brought together in one location but it is also helping to improve industry safety performance through the provision of convenient, cost-effective training.
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Is there a time limit for online courses?
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How does virtual proctoring/testing with webcam monitoring work?
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