Hours of Service
The required meal break length for all Penske CDL drivers during a shift of 8 hours or greater.
What is 30 minutes?
The standard amount of time required to set aside before & after shift for inspections.
What is 15 Minutes?
This Key Principle involves taking the assumption out of other drivers seeing you, and making yourself visible through proper signaling, use of headlights, and being aware of your surroundings.
What is Make Sure They See You?
This is the terminology for when a driver is prevented from continuing on their route by an officer due to a violation.
What is Out-Of-Service?
This is the standard safety vest color for all Penske Logistics drivers.
What is Yellow/Hi-Vis Yellow?
The maximum amount of On-Duty hours a driver can work before requiring a 10 Hour Off-Duty reset.
What is 14 hours?
These two main items should be inspected at every stop throughout a shift.
What are Lights & Tires?
This Key Principle involves scanning your environment constantly, and not just fixating on the road ahead.
What is Keep Your Eyes Moving?
This is when Penske Logistics trucks are generally required to stop at open Weigh Stations.
What is always?
This piece of PPE is required when working around material handling equipment like forklifts or pallet jacks.
What are safety/steel toed shoes?
The maximum amount of actual driving time allowed during the 14 Hour On-Duty period.
What is 11 hours?
This person is ultimately responsible for determining if a vehicle is safe to operate.
Who is the driver?
This Key Principle dictates that you should maintain safe following distances and avoid situations where you might be boxed in.
What is Leave Yourself An Out?
After an inspection, this outcome requires a driver notify site leadership by end of shift.
What is all of them?
The Penske Safety Corrective Action Procedure is made up of these two components.
What are levels & steps?
The weekly duty cycle (hours/days) used by Penske Logistics.
What is 70-Hour/8-Day?
This is what the driver should always look for during the in-cab brake check.
What is loss of brake air pressure?
This Key Principle states you should look ahead at least 15 seconds to anticipate potential hazards and traffic flow.
These are the two main preventable triggers for roadside inspections.
What are visible defects & unsafe driving?
Penske requires these two documents to remain in the possession of drivers at all times.
What are CDL and medical card?
This exception can be used to extend On-Duty Time in the event of unavoidable delays or Acts of God.
What is the 16 Hour Exemption?
These are the two types of windshield damage that can result in a violation.
What are intersecting cracks & damage greater than 3/4"?
This Key Principle involves being aware of your surroundings, including what's happening in your mirrors and side windows.
What is Get The Big Picture?
Officers will use this deceptive word when issuing a roadside violation WITHOUT a traffic citation.
What is Warning?
These three scenarios require immediate notification to site leadership.