Resource Library

These resources are available for loan to Baldwin & Lyons insureds for a period of 14 days. You may borrow up to three programs at one time. Programs are available in VHS tapes only unless otherwise indicated. To borrow these materials, please contact our Loss Prevention Resource Library at (317) 636-9800 or email thequill@baldwinandlyons.com.

Driving Light/Empty Loads - This video teaches and reinforces critical driver safety techniques. The video focuses on one area, driving light or empty loads, in order to sharpen a particular driver's skill.
American Trucking Associations
ATA00017
3-5 minutes

Extreme Weather Blues - This video program is part of the Professional Driver Series. It explains how professional drivers should adjust their driving in deteriorating weather conditions such as snow, ice, rain, sleet, hail, fog and wind. It also demonstrates how vision and traction can affect driving and emphasizes that safety should override all other considerations. This program includes an instructor's guide.
Institute of Driver Behavior
IDB00018
10 minutes

Extreme Weather Driving (Extreme Seven-Minute Solutions) - This video is part of Keller's Seven-Minute Solutions driver refresher video training series. It deals with operating a vehicle under adverse weather conditions that give even the most able pros trouble. Weather conditions covered include rain, black ice, snow, fog and extreme heat. Included are an instructor's bulletin with a review quiz and a driver's skill card to give your drivers to remind them of the key points on this topic.
J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
JJ000042
7 minutes

Extreme Weather Driving (Master Driver Series) - This training kit covers the basics of extreme weather driving and gives guidance for dealing with conditions like snow, ice, rain, fog and high wind. The kit includes the video and a trainer bulletin that provides background information and a brief overview of this video. It also includes a quiz and handout exercise for drivers and a driver skill card that recaps key points from the training.
J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
JJ000099
10 minutes

Safe Winter Driving Considerations - This video provides safety tips and techniques for handling the hazards of winter driving. Although the issues are discussed from the viewpoint of an automobile driver, the topics are applicable to commercial truck drivers as well. The major topics covered include: pre-season preparation (maintenance and tire checks, winter preparedness equipment); pre-trip procedures (clothing, vehicle warm-up, snow removal, fluid check, weather check); and on the road issues (anti-lock braking systems, scanning for hazards, following and stopping distance, pedestrians, obstructed views, slowed acceleration, intersection hazards, inclines and descents, road surfaces, obscured road markings, narrowed lanes, sharing the road with snow removal equipment, night driving).
National Safety Council
NSC00006
21 minutes

Winter Driving Safety – The Rules Have Changed - This video reminds drivers to never ask your rig to do more than it has the traction to do. It emphasizes this is the basis for good control in winter.
Institute of Driver Behavior
IDB00004
12 minutes

Winter Driving – The 7 Deadly Sins - This video discusses the "7 deadly sins" that all drivers must avoid when driving in winter weather, including 1) failure to prepare, 2) lying to yourself about the risks of driving in bad weather, 3) over-confidence in your driving skills, 4) not understanding the physics involved, 5) using bad judgment, 6) lack of knowledge and 7) not seeing the big picture. This program includes the video and accompanying instructor's guide and driver handout.
Institute of Driver Behavior
IDB00015
11 minutes

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