Driving: Heavy Trucks: Controlling Speed and Direction

$19.95

It takes special skill and knowledge to safely drive a heavy truck, with or without a trailer. Viewers learn the skills essential to earning commercial driver’s license. Segments of this video are dedicated to proper vehicle control; backing up with and without a trailer; how and when to shift gears including use of a tachometer, speedometer and engine sounds to know when to upshift or downshift; how to double-clutch; controlling speed when going downhill and around curves by downshifting or using exhaust, engine, hydraulic and electric retarders. While this training video focuses on techniques for maintaining control of rigs with manual transmissions, it also addresses automatic transmissions.

Description

Audience:
Tractor Trailer Drivers, Big-Rig Drivers, Commercial Driver’s License Candidates

Workplaces:
Roadway

Topics:
Introduction|Controlling Your Vehicle|Backing|Shifting to Control Speed|Retarders

Languages:
en

Video Format:
SD-Wide

Quiz Questions:
13

Number of Lessons:
5

Training Time:
7-20 minutes

Closed Captioning:
Yes

Devices Supported:
Windows, Apple, Android, Chrome

Required Plugins:
None

Interactive Producer:
Mastery Training Content Network

Original Content Producer:
Mastery Technologies, Inc.