Tag: ELDTAC

Behind-the-wheel training: ‘Arbitrary’ nature of hours minimum doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be one

From Alaska-based driver and trainer Dan Tucker: “Thirty hours of behind-the-wheel training, even for the most intuitive student, is marginal if for no other reason than they can’t possibly encounter and learn from enough varied situations to be adept at handling the next one.”

March 1, 2017

Alaska-based driver and trainer Dan Tucker, the author of this editorial, was responding to recent coverage of the lack of a behind-the-wheel minimum number of hours in FMCSA’s driver-training rule, also featured in this month’s print issue of Overdrive.

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Driver training: Introducing Bryan Spoon, owner-operator on the rulemaking committee

A podcast conversation with owner-operator and ELDTAC member Bryan Spoon; and DOT’s Foxx asks “What if it all stops?”, says the Onion.

March 19, 2015

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Podcast: Entry level driver training conversations following rulemaking committee meeting

Will traditional training approaches survive the Entry Level Driver Training rulemaking? If statutory language is any indication, it’s likely. Voices on training standards/practices in this podcast.

March 9, 2015

Delaware-based Richard Wilson, among others, shares his experience with informal pre-CDL training in the Entry Level Driver Training podcast below. Find him via the website of his independent TCRG Consulting business.

FMCSA attempting to fill the driver-training data void

A national driver survey relative to training — and a more in-depth study — are ongoing, but won’t be finished in time for the ELDTAC committee to utilize in work on a negotiated rulemaking.

February 28, 2015

trucks on highway

Accelerated ‘negotiated rulemaking’ on pre-CDL driver training gets under way in Washington

The 26-member Entry Level Driver Training Advisory Committee began proceedings Thursday, Feb. 26 with its first meeting in Arlington, Va., taking on the task to negotiate the terms of a proposed rulemaking for pre-CDL entry-level driver training requirements.

February 26, 2015

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