Driving a Heavy Vehicle
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Driving a Heavy Vehicle is a compendium of the principal standards, guidelines and rules of conduct concerning:
- the responsibilities, rights and obligations of heavy vehicle drivers;
- factors that affect driving;
- traffic rules;
- special driving techniques specific to each type of heavy vehicle;
- the rules that apply to each type of transportation (passengers or goods);
- special equipment and the configuration of heavy vehicles;
- coupling and decoupling techniques;
- the rules regarding hours of driving and off-duty time;
- obligations concerning circle checks of vehicles.
This guide is an essential tool to help you prepare for the tests you must take in order to obtain a Class 1, 2 or 3 driver’s licence.
Table of contents
| Driving a Heavy Vehicle | 1 |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 7 |
| Table of contents | 8 |
| Chapter 1 - The Driver’sResponsibilities | 23 |
| Habits you must develop | 25 |
| Rules | 31 |
| Spring thaw restrictions | 33 |
| Highway carrier monitoring | 35 |
| Mandatory stops at inspection stations | 37 |
| Obligations | 38 |
| In the event of an accident | 41 |
| Move-over law | 42 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 43 |
| Chapter 2 - Factors That Influence Driving | 45 |
| Driver fatigue | 47 |
| Inattentiveness | 53 |
| Distractions | 53 |
| Speed | 54 |
| Alcohol | 55 |
| Drugs and medications | 56 |
| Certain features of your vehicle and their impact on your driving | 59 |
| Driving in difficultconditions | 62 |
| Self-Evaluation Exercices | 66 |
| Chapter 3 - Know Your Vehicle | 69 |
| Types of heavy vehicles | 71 |
| Dashboard indicators | 73 |
| Steering wheel | 74 |
| Accelerator | 75 |
| Types of transmissions | 76 |
| The right RPM isimportant for your engine | 86 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 90 |
| Chapter 4 - Pneumatic (Air) Brake Systems | 91 |
| The most popular brake system | 93 |
| Controls and components | 94 |
| How service brakes work | 105 |
| How the parking brake works | 111 |
| How the emergency brake works | 113 |
| Supplemental brake systems | 114 |
| Anti-lock brakes | 116 |
| Brake inspection | 117 |
| Brake adjustment | 117 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 120 |
| Chapter 5 - Driving Know-How and Road Safety | 121 |
| Keep your eyes open | 123 |
| Allow yourself enough space | 128 |
| Negotiating a curve | 134 |
| Turning at an intersection | 136 |
| Braking distance | 141 |
| How to bring your vehicle to a stop | 141 |
| Backing up | 144 |
| Changing lanes | 149 |
| Passing | 150 |
| Driving uphill | 151 |
| Driving downhill | 152 |
| Supplemental brakes | 156 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 162 |
| Chapter 6 - Coping With Dangerous Situations | 163 |
| What should you do when you get a flat tire? | 165 |
| What is hydroplaning and how should you react? | 167 |
| What causes skidding? | 168 |
| How to recover from a skid | 170 |
| What causes jackknifing? | 172 |
| How to make an emergency stop | 173 |
| If your brakes should fail despite all your efforts | 174 |
| If your vehicle catches fire | 178 |
| If an animal strays onto the road | 179 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 180 |
| Chapter 7 - Transportation of Passengers | 181 |
| Laws and regulations | 183 |
| Number of passengers | 184 |
| Rules for the road | 185 |
| School buses | 188 |
| Securing baggage | 191 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 192 |
| Chapter 8 - Trucking | 193 |
| Load restrictions | 195 |
| Special travel permits | 199 |
| Safeguarding bridges and overpasses | 200 |
| Rules for securing cargo | 202 |
| General rules | 203 |
| Special rules for the securement of certain types of cargo | 207 |
| Securement inspection | 214 |
| Tips for proper load distribution | 215 |
| Rules for transporting dangerous substances | 218 |
| Special rules for transporting dangerous substances | 226 |
| Safety tips for transporting certain categories of goods | 233 |
| Reflective strips | 237 |
| Regulation respecting environmental standards for heavy vehicles | 239 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 242 |
| Chapter 9 - Hitching,Unhitching and Driving a Double Road Train | 243 |
| Hitching and unhitching a tractor and a semi-trailer | 245 |
| Hitching and unhitching a double road train | 252 |
| Physical factors that affect driving | 261 |
| Driving a double road train | 263 |
| Skidding, overturning and jackknifing | 272 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 275 |
| Chapter 10 - Driving a LongerCombinationVehicle (LCV) | 277 |
| Special operating permit | 280 |
| Types of LCVs covered by the Regulation | 281 |
| Roads where LCVs are authorized to travel | 285 |
| Roads where LCVs are not authorized to travel | 285 |
| Responsibilities of special permit holders | 286 |
| Requirements | 286 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 289 |
| Chapter 11 - Driving and Off-Duty Time for Heavy Vehicle Drivers | 291 |
| Fatigue | 293 |
| Individuals covered | 293 |
| Vehicles covered | 294 |
| Exempt vehicles | 295 |
| Definitions | 298 |
| General rules | 303 |
| Special situations | 313 |
| Splitting of off-duty time in a sleeper berth | 316 |
| Daily log | 325 |
| Details of the daily log | 329 |
| The summary log: an essential tool | 334 |
| Documents to be kept in the vehicle | 337 |
| Transfer of documents | 337 |
| Out-of-servicedeclaration | 338 |
| A driver’s record | 339 |
| Appendix 1 – Sleeper berth | 341 |
| Appendix 2 – List of requirements, offences and fines | 343 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 345 |
| Chapter 12 - Circle Checkof a Vehicle | 347 |
| What is the circle check? | 349 |
| Is it mandatory? | 349 |
| Vehicles subject to the circle check | 350 |
| Exempt vehicles | 351 |
| Who should perform the circle check? | 352 |
| Vehicle used by more than one driver | 353 |
| Who should report defects detected during the trip? | 355 |
| When should the circle check be performed? | 355 |
| Responsibility for the condition of the vehicle | 358 |
| Mechanical defects | 359 |
| Obligation regarding the list of defects | 361 |
| Components to inspect | 362 |
| The inspection report | 363 |
| Drivers and the circle check | 368 |
| Table of components to inspect and defects to be detected | 369 |
| For a thorough and effective inspection | 435 |
| Tips and recommendations | 436 |
| Suggested 10-step method | 438 |
| Inspecting a pneumatic brake system (air brake system) | 449 |
| Inspecting a hydraulic brake system | 452 |
| Particularities for inspecting other types of vehicles | 455 |
| Inspections while on the road | 458 |
| Inspections during your trip | 459 |
| Roadside inspections | 460 |
| Inspections at the end of a trip | 460 |
| Self-evaluation exercices | 461 |
| Appendices | 463 |
| Driver’s Licence Classes | 464 |
| Lists of Defects | 467 |
| Laws and regulations | 490 |
| Documents and publications | 491 |
| Pressure Conversion Table | 493 |
| Measurement Conversion Table (length) | 494 |
| Answers to the Questions at the End of Each Chapter | 495 |
| Notes | 497 |
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- Publisher
- Publications du Québec
- Category
- Education & Languages
- Publication date
- August 2018
- Pages
- 500
- Chapters
- 159
- Language
- English
- ISBN PDF
- 9782551262601




