Incident Report

Subject:                     Fri 14/10/2011

Date of Email report:   Tanker Rollover Prevention Video

Report Detail:

The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) is making its cargo tank rollover prevention video free to anyone interested in techniquesto help prevent tanker rollovers.“National Tank Truck Carriers is pleased to offer free access to the cargo tank rollover prevention video that they developed with the U.S. Dept. of Transportation with Spanish subtitles added,” said NTTC Chairman Greg Hodgen, Groendyke Transport. “While it is a requirement that a tank truck driver be able to speak English, we believe that there is a real safety benefit to providing training in the person’s native language. Rollovers happen around the world and we hope that this video also will be used in Spanish speaking countries.”
The video focuses on the causes of tank truck rollovers and what actions drivers can take to prevent rollovers. It features tank truck equipment and comments from professional tank truck drivers.

Additional Documentation:

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in association with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and industry partners, created this tool as a training aid for commercial drivers of cargo tank motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials.

This training video covers the four approaches to reducing cargo tank truck rollovers: vehicle design and performance, load effects, highway factors and driver factors. The main focus however, is on the driver, since statistically; drivers are ten times more likely to be the cause of the rollover than any of the other factors. With this video, we hope to improve and enhance the consciousness of cargo tank motor vehicle drivers and the hazardous materials industry about common driving errors and to provide valuable driving information. Fleet safety managers are encouraged to use this video to supplement their driver training programs, as this information offers preventive measures that cargo tank motor vehicle drivers can take to help avoid a rollover crash.

The interviews, ideas, and suggestions on this video were created at the request of the cargo tank motor vehicle industry. The video clips show examples of driver errors that we hope will serve to motivate cargo tank motor vehicle drivers to become safer drivers and thereby avoid dangerous driving situations.

You can view the video here (below) or you can view a higher resolution version on the FMCSA website: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/outreach/cargo-tank-video.aspx