Paducah Area Transit
System |
Paducah Area Transit
System |
||||||||||||
| Home |
Bus
Routes |
Dial
A Ride |
Medicaid |
Driver
Training |
Advertise |
MSAA |
News |
Jobs |
ADA |
Links |
Contact
Us |
|
| Paducah Area Transit
System’s Mobile Driver Training Simulator is a proven way to reduce
accidents for your school district, transit, city or county government
or your company. The state of the art Simulator is self-contained
on an 18-wheeler that comes to you, no matter where you are!
Using the Simulator helps lower insurance costs, reduce insurance
claims, reduce accidents, reduce injuries and make for safer roads for
all of us. All PATS drivers are required to undergo Simulator
Training at least once a year. If they're involved in an
accident, they're required to go back into the Simulator for additional
training. In our first full year of Simulator training, PATS
drivers had a 64% reduction in preventable accidents, and a 44%
decrease in overall accidents. When we're not training our own drivers, we're available to travel, and train others.  The
simulator works by letting drivers experience real life scenarios and
allowing them to practice safe driving techniques to avoid accidents in
the kinds of vehicles they normally drive. We can also custom
design curriculum and scenarios in case your drivers need to work on a
specific problem area. Check with your insurance carrier
about picking up the cost of driver training in the Simulator.
After all, it will save costs, lower claims and lower accidents.
To
view video on the Simulator and how it works, click on the image:
 To view a video on preventing over-correction, click on the image:  CLICK HERE for video of the Simulator, and how it works to train your drivers. CLICK HERE for video showing Bus Drivers how to avoid overcorrection. Why your drivers need Simulator Training! Bus Drivers: In 2005, more than 14,000 people were injured, and more than 300 were killed in bus crashes. In all there were more than 10,000 bus related traffic crashes. Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration The average cost of crashes involving buses was $32,548 per crash including medically related costs, emergency services costs, property damage costs, lost productivity, and the monetized value of the pain, suffering, and quality of life that the family loses because of a death or injury. Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. School Bus Drivers: An average of 21 school-age children die in school transportation related traffic crashes each year. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. More than 51,000 children were treated in emergency departments for non-fatal school bus-related injuries over a three-year period, according to a new study from the Center for Innovation Pediatric Practice. The children were treated between 2001 and 2003, yielding an average of about 17,000 injuries per year.  Commercial Trucks:
Large trucks are involved in more than 400,000 accidents a year with an average cost of more than $62,000 per incident. Source: Newswire Police: About 40 percent of all police chases end in crashes, and many of these result in injuries and sometimes death, according to statistics from the College of Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. According to FBI statistics, traffic crashes claim the lives of more police personnel than any other cause of death in the line of duty, including shootings.  Simulator Training Does Work! Saving Lives, Injuries & Money! A documented reduction in accidents among simulator-trained drivers. New York City had a 43% reduction in accidents by simulator-trained students. Houston METRO posted a cumulative 28% reduction in its overall accident rate. Rochester, NY achieved a 34% reduction in its overall accident rate. Source: FAAC Incorporated Simulator Driver Training pays for itself and can save lives and prevent injuries! For More Information, Contact: Lew Jetton Paducah Area Transit System 850 Harrison St. Paducah, KY 42001 Phone: (270) 444-3664 (Direct), 444-8700 (Main) or 519-1788 (Cell) E-Mail: ljetton@paducahtransit.com |