Longitudinal Effects of Entry-Level Truck Driver Training Methods

DOI

10.2991/cisia-15.2015.254How to use a DOI?

Keywords

simulator training; simulator validity; truck driver training; longitudinal training effects

Abstract

This study evaluated the effectiveness of utilizing a driving simulator for entry-level truck driver training and testing. The 107 participants were from one of four groups: conventional 8-week certified course, conventional 8-week certified course with 60 percent of driving in a simulator, informal training with friends/relatives, and commercial’s driver license [CDL] test focused short courses. A follow-on analysis, which is the focus of this paper, tested drivers approximately 4 months after they had acquired their CDL, to determine the longitudinal effects of training method on driver performance. Twenty-two drivers were eligible for the follow-on analysis, which involved both simulated and real-vehicle (behind the wheel; BTW) road and range tests. The conventional group had lower scores at the 4-month follow-up as compared to tests at the conclusion of entry-level training. Participants in the simulator training group had lower scores in both the simulated road and BTW road tests at the 4-month follow-up test compared to the same tests at the conclusion of entry-level training. Generally, for all groups, the follow-up test scores were lower than the original scores during the entry-level tests. However, similar to the entry-level tests, the conventional and simulator groups performed better on the follow-up road tests than the informal and CDL-focused groups. The results highlight the long term benefits of 8-week courses as compared to informal training and CDL-focused short courses.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - R. J Hanowski
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TI  - Longitudinal Effects of Entry-Level Truck Driver Training Methods
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