| The main intention of defensive driving instructor | | | | courses available.Students who complete the DDC for |
| training is to train personnel as instructors. These | | | | professional truck drivers and DDC-6/8 instructor |
| instructors are taught to teach defensive driving | | | | training course can work as provisional instructors. |
| courses more efficiently. The training focuses on the | | | | They are also eligible to receive insurance premium |
| importance of attitude in preventing accidents. They | | | | discount. The course length of DDC for professional |
| also help to strengthen good driving skills. A number of | | | | truck drivers is six to eight hours. The course is best |
| defensive driving instructor training courses are offered | | | | suited for safety managers, fleet managers, and |
| throughout the country. The participant will be provided | | | | driving school instructors.Some of the common topics |
| with the tools and knowledge to become an efficient | | | | covered in the defensive driving instructor training |
| defensive driving instructor.National Safety Council is | | | | module include adult learning needs, improving effective |
| the first national organization to lead the world in | | | | teaching skills and administrative responsibilities. |
| defensive driving training. Some private driving schools | | | | Defensive driving techniques, backing and turns, |
| also offer defensive driving instructor training (IDC) in | | | | following distance and passing, chemical abuse issues, |
| accordance with state standards. There are some | | | | road rage, head-on collisions, and accident |
| driving schools which offer defensive driving instruction | | | | preventability are some of the topics covered in the |
| training free of cost.DDC for professional truck drivers | | | | various defensive driving instructor training |
| (DDC-PTD), DDC-4, DDC-6 state of New York, | | | | courses.Some defensive driving instructor training |
| DDC-8 state of Virginia, DDC-8/6, DDC-attitudinal | | | | courses are also available online. This facility allows the |
| dynamics of driving, and DDC-Coaching the Mature | | | | student to practice effective instructional technique in a |
| Driver are some of the defensive driving instructor | | | | convenient way. |