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 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact:
Rebecca Brewster
(770) 432-0628
May 7,
2008
Arlington, VA –
The American Transportation Research
Institute (ATRI) today released the findings
of its research on the relationship between entry-level driver training and
safety outcomes. ATRI’s study is among the first
ever to examine the overall duration of new entrant driver training, the
instructional environment and curriculum topic areas covered, and the relative
safety impact of each on new entrant driver safety
performance.
ATRI’s research
critically examined the statistical relationship between training regimens and
safety performance for over 16,500 new commercial drivers, a sample representing
nearly 30% of the annual new entrant population. Among the findings is the
absence of a significant impact of total training duration on new entrant driver
safety performance.
“As a fleet, we have long believed
that the litmus test for commercial driver training should be performance-based
and not a derivative of hours spent in training; this research bears out our
hypothesis,” said Chad England, Vice
President, Recruiting, Training and Safe Driving for Utah-based
C.R.
England.
“This study provides a critical
benchmark for carriers and driver training schools alike,” commented
Michael O’Connell, Executive Director
of the Commercial
Vehicle Training Association. O’Connell and England
both served as members of the study’s Technical Advisory Committee who, along
with others from training institutions, motor carriers and driver groups,
provided oversight to ATRI on the research
methodology.
The driver training report is
available on ATRI’s website at www.atri-online.org.
ATRI is the
trucking industry’s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization. It is
engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation’s essential role
in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation
system.
You can download the study by clicking on this link.
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