Driver Safety
Employees and volunteers may be required to drive in support of University business. This page provides resources to help our drivers perform this task safely.
Incident Reporting and Insurance Information
Please keep this packet of information available in any University owned or leased vehicles: Vehicle Insurance & Incident Reporting Packet
Drive Safely at Work
The first week in October is the annual Drive Safely Work Week, but we should practice safe driving year round, on and off work. Please review the materials below, rate your personal risk, and take the pledge to Drive Focused.
Drive Safely Work Week Materials
- Driver Safety
- Drive Focused
- Rate Your Risk
- Pledge to Drive Focused - Instructions
- Pledge to Drive Focused - Pledge Card
Safe Driver Training Resources
In the United States there are 5.25 million driving accidents that take place per year. Over half of the accident results in some kind of injury or fatality. To help prevent UC related driving accidents we offer the following online driver safety training for your convenience. Though these courses are not required, it is highly recommended for employees who are required to drive in connection with their job.
Safe Driver Training (Note: a UCD Login Required for the following Training. If the direct links below do not work, go to http://lms.ucdavis.edu to enter the UC Learning Center, and search for "driver")
- Safe Driver Awareness Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Seasonal Driving Safety Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Van Operation Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Trailer Safety Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Sustainable Driving Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Motorized Cart Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Commercial Driver Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Driver-Supervisor Training Start On-Line Course
- Safe Driver: Introduction to Fleet Services Start On-Line Course
In addition to the online courses, the follow links provide additional driver safety information:
- NHTSA Driving Safety
- NSC Driving Safety
- California Office of Traffic Safety
- California Driver Handbook
Other ANR EH&S Resources
Driver Safety Training Power Point
Driver Safety
Safety Notes
- 075 Safe Driving Practices
- 090 Driving Safely While Towing a Trailer
- 132 Driving And Cell Phone Use
- 174 Safe Driving on Country Roads
- 175 Safe Driving in Large Vehicles
- 195 Off Road Driving
Videos available to loan
- E-032 Road Rage (DVD – 14 min)
- E-054 Driving Safely at Night (Trucks) (VHS - 7 min.)
- E-062 Driving in Bad Weather (DVD - 17 min.)
- E-067 Vehicle Safety – Driving On The Road (DVD – 17min)
- E-069 Safe Driving On Freeways (VHS – 17 min)
- E-083 Driven to Distraction – Driver Safety (DVD – 16 min English/Spanish)
- E-093 Driven to Distraction II (DVD - English/Spanish) Currently unavailable
ANR employees may request a video here: http://ucanr.org/safetyvideos