Transcript Professional Driver

Professional Drivers
PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS ????
Discourtesies that tear down a fleets good
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 Errors before start up
 Errors in following
 Errors in passing
Discourtesies that tear down a fleets good
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 Errors in speed control
 Errors in lane use
 Errors in turning
We are Professional Drivers
Defensive Driving
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Scan – constantly search for potential hazards
Identify – the specific hazard
Predict – ask ‘what if’
Decide – a course of action
Execute – the action
• SMITH SYSTEM
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Aim high in steering – looking further ahead than other drivers
Get the big picture – seeing more around you than other drivers
Keep your eyes moving – being more aware than other drivers
Leave yourself an out – positioning in traffic better than other drivers
Make sure they see you – making yourself more visible than other drivers
Stop lines and Gore areas
Scan – Lo0king left – right – left
45 degree angle - intersections
Don’t assume signals/other drivers body language
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Stay Back
 Four second following distance
 Tailgater – increase your following distance
 Blind spots / visibility & large vehicles
 Cover your brakes / brake early
 Stale green lights
 Keep wheels straight until ready to turn
 Hand placement
 Wear seatbelt properly
 Check mirrors
 Do you have room to pull out??
 Eating and drinking
 Cell phones/texting
 Stop completely
 Stay alert and aware of your surroundings
 Keep the bus within the proper speed limit. (GA Law 40-6-
160)
a. The speed limit on school grounds is 10 mph.
b. The speed limit on a bus route is the posted speed
limit, but not to exceed the maximum of 40 mph for a school
bus transporting school children to and from school.
c. The speed limit is 55 mph for a school bus
transporting from school activities on a public road or on the
Interstate system.
d. The speed limit on extra-curricular trips is the posted
speed for the road being traveled – or a maximum of 55 mph.
f. Forsyth County School buses should never exceed 55
mph loaded or unloaded.