Visual Search Training
Safe and Smart New Driver Training Program: Defensive Driving
New Driver Training Program: Defensive Driving: Visual Search
This course is designed to help CMV drivers learn the skills required to conduct an effective visual search.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the importance of continuously scanning your surroundings
- Discuss how to perform a proper visual scan in front of, to the sides, and behind your vehicle
- Recognize potential hazards you must be aware of and react to while driving
- Identify signs of a distracted driver
- Describe the different types of mirrors and what each is designed for
- Explain how to properly adjust your mirrors and use them while driving
Safe and Smart New Driver Training Program: Defensive Driving: Visual Search Course Topics
The course topics include:
Scanning
- Scanning
- Distance Scanning
- Look Ahead
- Path of Travel
- Scanning Sides
- Distracted Drivers
- Check the Rear
- Seeing to the Rear
- Types of Mirrors
- Adjusting Mirrors
Universally Compatible
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
