2. Professional Drivers
• Driving Defensively:
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Use your mirrors.
Proper speed control following posted speed limits.
Maintain safe distance between you and vehicles 6-8 seconds.
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G.O.A.L. get out and look.
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Customers:
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Meeting their expectations .
Arrive on time.
Be respectful.
Following instructions.
• Motoring Public:
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Use your turn signals.
Take your turn merging.
Share the road.
3. Professional Drivers
• Quality Characteristics:
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Arrive on time.
Proper trip planning.
Tarping properly
Verify B.O.L. and shipment documents.
Securement.
• Appearance:
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Professional Appearance.
Proper Personal Protective Equipment
Clean Clothes
Properly Fitted Clothing.
Personal Hygiene.
Tie your shoes.
4. Winter Driving Issues
• Stuck frozen brakes, dragging tires.
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Use bar and tap on brake shoe.
Pull hand spike and release.
Back up.
• Loads are covered completely and tarped properly.
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Tarp entire load.
Be sure no part of load is expose to weather.
Load is secured, no chance of movement.
• Keep ice and snow off trailer
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Use broom or shovel to clear.
Carry Urea in the truck (get from garage)
Keep windshield cleared.
• Slippery road conditions.
5. FMSCA Unsafe Driving Score
• Our Rating is 72.1% this is to high, our goal is 60%.
• In 2012, 20 out of 31 violations are for speeding and
failing to wear seatbelt. See violation count below:
• Do Not Speed. Wear your seatbelt.
• 15 miles or more over posted speed 7
• 11-14 miles over posted speed
4
• 6-10 miles over posted speed
9
• Failing to wear seat belt
5
6. FMSCA Hours of Service Score
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Our rating is 72.4% this is to high, our goal 60%
From 59 out of service violations, see violation count:
Driving beyond 14 hour duty.
7
Driving beyond 8 hour limit since 30 minute off duty
break.
9
Drivers record of duty status(general form &manner)
15
Drivers record of duty status not current.
31
Keep your logs current, correct and follow FMSCA
H.O.S. rules. This is very serious.
Electronic logs are available to every driver.
7. DOT Violations
• If a driver has (3 or more) driver preventable DOT
violations, within, 12 months, the driver will have a
verbal warning, written warning, or up to and
including termination.
• DOT violations will follow company policy(per
handbook) for disciplinary processes.
