Defensive Driving Course – Professional Truck Driver, Fourth Edition (DDC – PTD)

Studies indicate that one out of every eight traffic fatalities results from a collision involving a large truck. Truck collisions are costly, averaging $50,000 or more.

You can’t control the outside factors that work against your business, but you can control how safely your fleet operates on the road. Protect your business and drivers with defensive driving training from NSC.

DDC-PTD addresses the unique everyday challenges of driving large vehicles and offers practical information for avoiding violations and citations. This course can be taught in as little as six hours or expanded to eight hours with supplemental modules. To meet fleet requirements for different industries, the program can be easily modified to address any company’s specific equipment, driver issues and policies.

What Drivers Will Learn

• Defensive driving skills for preventing fatalities, injuries and property damage
• How driver fatigue/stress affects operating a large truck
• Proper vehicle maintenance and inspection
• How to deal with uncontrollable driving conditions/hazards
• Excellence as it relates to professional truck driving

Three Ways to Learn

• Become an authorized NSC DDC-PTD Training Center — register and successfully complete the Instructor Development Course, and train drivers yourself
• Send your drivers to an NSC DDC Training Center in your area
• Invite a certified NSC DDC Instructor to your facility for onsite training

How to Become an NSC DDC Training Center

Your organization registers as a DDC Training Center by signing an agreement, purchasing a teaching kit, obtaining a 12-month lease for our videos, employing a certified instructor, and following the published rules and regulations. Become an authorized Training Center, so you can teach DDC courses yourself or train your employees to do so. Learn more.

How to Become a Certified NSC DDC PTD Instructor

It’s easy to learn and get certified to teach DDC-PTD. Here’s what you need to do:

• Complete our three-day DDC-PTD Instructor Development Course,
• teach two probationary classes, and
• become registered with a DDC Training Center.

If you’re already an experienced driver, teaching a competitive truck driver course or DDC-8/6, you may be eligible to be grandfathered in as a DDC-PTD instructor. Call us at 800.621.7619 to learn how to qualify, or contact us for details.