Product Description

Control of the vehicle and eco-driving techniques
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)

• Road Safety Authority
• Current revision of RSA CPC Book – Module 1
• Revised edition: September 2011

Contents:

Characteristics of the transmission system

• Introduction / Welcome
• Session objectives
• Personal objectives
• Section A – Curves relating to torque and engine power
• Section B – Feul consumption of a vehicle
• Section C – Optimum ue of revolution (REV) counter
• Section D – Transmissions

Effective use of safety controls in buses and trucks

• Session objectives
• Section A – Breaking systems
• Section B – Retardation devices / Endurance brakes
• Section C – Road speed limiter / Speed limitation device (RSL)
• Section D – Making use of vehicle intertia
• Section E – Action in the event of tyre failure

Optimising fuel consumption

Session objectivesSection A – Optimisation of fuel consumption
Section B – Applying know how
Case studies – truck / bus
Driver walk around check sheets
Glossary of terms
References