Examining the Effectiveness of Entry Level Driver Training in Improving Commercial Driver Licensed (CDL) Driver Safety Performance

This study will begin with an examination of any newer U.S. driver training effectiveness literature, and will broaden the literature review by including international studies. It will then seek and analyze data obtained from carrier fleets and commercial driver training schools to identify and evaluate safety outcomes associated with different entry level driver training curricula. The project will seek out qualitative perception from these fleets regarding driver safety performance associated with different curricula used to train the drivers they hired. The project will examine whether drivers trained in standardized curriculums (i.e., in Illinois) perform better than drivers who received training from non-standardized sources. Lastly, State data on drivers who received additional State mandated training will be examined.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program information: Produce Safer Drivers

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $375000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTMC75-08-A-00001

  DTMC75-12-J-00048

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Project Managers:

  Goettee, David

• Performing Organizations:

  TransAnalytics, LLC

  Quakertown, PA  United States  18951

  Maineway Services

  10 Tamarack Drive
  Fryeburg, ME  United States  04037
• Principal Investigators:

  Boyle, Linda

  Bergoffen, Gene

• Start Date: 20120929
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130926
• Source Data: RiP Project 35387

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial drivers; Driver training; Novices; Personnel performance; Safety; Training programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01494310
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTMC75-08-A-00001, DTMC75-12-J-00048
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Sep 25 2013 1:00AM