Trucking: Tractor-Trailer Driver Handbook/Workbook

by Alice Adams

A severe shortage of trained tractor-trailer drivers faces the trucking industry and the nation. Tractor-Trailer Driver Handbook/Workbook, Third edition and its ancillaries can help solve this problem by providing a great turnkey curriculum for the latest in tractor-trailer driver training, complete with up-to-date compliance and regulation standards. This new edition delivers not only the technical content the driver needs to know, but also teaches the procedures that, with practice, will enable the student to become a skilled driver. This book stresses the importance of developing the skills, traits and behaviors that characterize true professionals. Professional truck drivers must maintain safe standards throughout all facets of a trip, and this book provides the "must have" information new drivers need to stay safe before, during, and after a route. Coverage focuses on attaining and preserving safe standards throughout all aspects of a professional driving career, from securing one's load to hazardous materials handling, with helpful guidelines for maintaining a healthy lifestyle on the road. This edition delivers not only the technical content tractor-trailer drivers need to become skilled professionals, but also the healthful habits and "best practices" that can lead to improved safety and well-being.

620 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

After ten long weeks (part time, with a full time job you know) the classroom portion of my CDL class is finally over. Today I took my final exam and scored a mighty awesome score of a whopping 100%! This book and my instructor were instrumental in helping me achieve this amazing score. Yes there are some grammar errors here and there in this book. And a few spots where they say one thing and than contradict themselves a few pages later. Yet even with those errors this is still an amazing book full of all of the book learning that will get you one step further toward a career on the road. And they also have some very useful little quiz's that pop up at the end of each chapter. The glossary and easy to find it index at the rear of the book are some more useful tools. So now I move on to the driving portion of my class. I say this so that those who will be visiting Las Vegas will be forewarned. If you see an eighteen wheeler heading down the highway with STUDENT DRIVER plastered on the side of that 53 foot trailer behind the tractor, stay out of my way!!

[Tin Maung · Rating 2 out of 5]

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