49 CFR Part 380, Subpart E: CDL Entry-Level Driver Training

Announcements

Federal Register: Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Drivers: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee MeetingsA Proposed Rule by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on 03/06/2015https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/03/06/2015-05197/minimum-training-requirements-for-entry-...

Regulatory Evaluation and the Need for Data

ELDT: FMCSA Research Presentation

ELDTAC Charter

ELDT History Presentation

Meeting Agenda, February 27-28, 2015

CMV Driving Tips - Inadequate Evasive Action

Inadequate evasive action may be defined as situations when drivers fail to execute a proper evasive maneuver by not using sufficient steering inputs, not braking appropriately, or a combination of insufficient steering and braking inputs.14 This may include drivers failing to slow in advance...

CMV Driving Tips - Following Too Closely

Following too closely may be defined as, “situations in which one vehicle is following another vehicle so closely that even if the following driver is attentive to the actions of the vehicle ahead he/she could not avoid a collision in the circumstance when the driver in front brakes suddenly."14...

CMV Driving Tips - Driver Distraction

Driver distraction is the diversion of attention from activities critical for safe driving to a competing activity. Driver distraction increases your risk of getting into a crash.

Distractions can come from both inside and outside of your truck cab. Distractions inside of your cab can...