The Safety Dawg Speaks
5-Minute Truck Driver Safety Secrets, Documenting Your Professionalism
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Your Instructor
Chris Harris, CRM CDS CIP
Chris Harris is a highly experienced sophisticated Safety Professional. He is well versed in the needs of trucking safety and compliance departments. Expert in recruiting, interviewing and driver training. With his years of loss control for a trucking insurance company, he can best prepare a risk analysis report which results in an easy to follow and executable action plan.
Chris has been involved in trucking most of his adult life. He drove truck for Canada Cartage and worked in various office/management positions for TNT Canada. His last position of 5 years in the safety department where he was responsible for the recruiting of Owner Operators and their compliance.
He joined Old Republic Insurance Company of Canada as a Safety Services Representative, in 2001.
In 2013 he started Safety Dawg as a part-time source of income. In 2015 the company had grown and Chris made it his full-time passion. In the same year the company became incorporated.
Course Curriculum
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StartFollowing Distance (5:14)
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StartSchool Buses (3:45)
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StartWarning Devices, Hazard Flashers (3:51)
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StartDistracted Driving (5:05)
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StartTwo Lanes Right (3:22)
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StartZero Tolerance for Ontario Commercial Drivers (2:41)
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StartNew Penalties in Ontario (4:48)
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StartCruise Control (2:26)
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StartBlack Ice
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StartInclement Weather (2:24)
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StartWhat Do I Do at a Crash Scene? (5:20)
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StartFire Extinguisher, How To Use (3:16)
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StartDaily Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIR's), How Long Do They Take? (5:10)
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StartLooking Ahead (3:04)
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StartSafety Scores, How Do They Affect You a Truck Driver (9:12)
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Start6 Second Follow Distance (7:06)
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StartPersonal Conveyance For Canadians (4:55)
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StartDetecting Fatigue (2:32)
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StartCOVID-19, Safe Practices (7:17)
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StartBraking Distance (2:54)
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StartNo Alcohol, No Marijuana (3:30)
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StartSurvival Kit, Truck Drivers (7:10)
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StartSpeeding for Ward (3:32)
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StartPersonal Conveyance, Can Canadian Use PC? (4:55)
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StartLane Change Crash Avoidance (4:16)
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StartNavigating Roundabouts (or Traffic Circles) (2:41)
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StartABS System Fault Detection (5:28)