additional equipment fitted to heavy vehicles cognitive factors that may influence performance in heavy vehicle driving consequences of heavy vehicle accidents critical factors underpinning high-level heavy vehicle driving technical competence driving hazards and related low-risk driving techniques factors contributing to accidents: age, experience, drugs, alcohol, medication, road conditions, fatigue and time of day driver values, emotions, limitations and personal needs emotional factors, driver’s own behaviours and driver’s operation at high levels of risk speed, space, vision, road conditions, vehicle condition and environmental conditions heavy vehicle braking systems and techniques for use such as maxi brakes, trailer brakes and exhaust brake system load restraint guidelines low-risk driving behaviours including: creating and maintaining crash avoidance space protecting crash avoidance space obeying road rules, safety information and directions observation and scanning techniques procedures for identifying and responding to hazards purpose and benefits of road rules enforcement for safe heavy vehicle driving range of heavy vehicle and or trailer designs and capabilities (in accordance with manufacturer specifications) rationale for ongoing development of traffic regulations to meet changing traffic conditions relevant laws and penalties for demerit point offences, such as driving while unlicensed, disqualified or under the influence of drugs or alcohol relevant road rules and traffic safety legislation including: alcohol and drugs driver licensing vehicle registration vehicle standards road safety issues including heavy vehicle driver fatigue road signs, signals and markings sources and availability of relevant learning resources and learning material steering operation and control types of driving conditions commonly encountered requiring correct selection of appropriate gears to avoid losing control of a heavy vehicle types of driving conditions commonly encountered requiring steering operation/control to maintain a heavy vehicle under adverse conditions use of pre drive documentation requirements vehicle operation and control including: cabin drill start, move off, shut down and secure managing accelerator managing brakes managing steering. |