Speeding, cell phone and seat belt violations fall into this BASIC.
What is Unsafe Driving?
100
This key describes where you eye level should be while driving.
What is Key # 1 - Aim High in Steering.
100
The maximum amount of hours you may actually drive in a DOT work day.
What is 11 hours?
100
This key talks about eye activity to prevent a peripheral vision robbing stare.
What is Key # 3 - Keep Your Eyes Moving.
100
This is when I am required to report an item shortage to dispatch.
What is at the time of delivery?
200
This is how long a violation carries against a motor carrier before being removed from the database.
What is 24 months?
200
Smith System describes this as a 360* circle of awareness around our vehicle.
What is the Big Picture?
200
This is the number that identifies a motor carrier from one another.
What is a DOT number?
Bonus?
200
This key describes keeping a pocket of space to use in case of an emergency.
What is Key # 4 - Leave Yourself An Out.
200
This is to be filled out upon receiving cash from a customer.
What is cash receipt?
300
This is the percentage threshold where the FMCSA starts interventions against a motor carrier for poor performance in a BASIC.
What is 65%.
300
This is the amount of following distance you should maintain at all times.
What is 4 seconds?
300
This is the amount of time I am required to be off duty between work days.
What is 10 hours.
300
This is how often we should make a mirror check to make sure our Big Picture is up to date.
What is every 5 to 8 seconds.
300
This is what I am supposed to do with my trucks keys at the end of the day.
What is turn them into the office?
400
This is the category or BASIC in which vehicle defects discovered during an inspection are placed into.
What is Vehicle Maintenance?
400
This is the key that talks about making eye contact with other drivers or pedestrians that should be aware of your presence.
What is Key # 5 - Make Sure They See You?
400
This is the form that notes any defects discovered with a vehicle.
What is a DVIR?
400
If we use the five keys, we are trying to gain these three things.
What is Space, Time and Visibility?
400
This is what I am supposed to do with the empty pallets on my truck at the end of the day.
What is remove them?
500
This program was developed to allow the FMCSA to have greater oversight and contact with at risk motor carriers in the hopes of reducing truck and bus crashes.
What is CSA or Compliance, Safety and Accountability?
500
This is the appropriate eye lead time according to Smith System.
What is 15 seconds?
500
The required driver documentation you must carry with you every time you drive a commercial vehicle.
What is license and medical card?
500
This is defined as the time in seconds our eyes lead the vehicle down the road.
What is eye lead time?
500
This is the required notice to use a vacation day.