The driver
The driver is of crucial importance to operating economy, road safety and environmental impact. Well-trained drivers not only operate their vehicles more safely but also more fuel-efficiently, which has a favourable effect both on operating economy and the environment.
For many years, Scania has provided driver training. Well-trained drivers are the key to a safer traffic environment, better fuel economy, reduced vehicle wear-and-tear and higher profitability for transport companies.
Scania’s global platform for training truck and bus drivers consists of theoretical and practical exercises. The training programme is aimed at experienced professional drivers and is based on the EU driver training directive, which began to apply to bus drivers in September 2008 and will also apply to truck drivers from one year later. The directive requires drivers to undergo 35 hours of mandatory training within a five-year period.
Scania offers driver training in 40 countries, and during 2008 it trained about 9,600 drivers around the world. During the past ten years, Scania has helped more than 50,000 drivers undergo the programme.
Scania Driver Competitions 2012
The quest for the world's best truck drivers has begun.
