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Mentally Active Driving Program (Blended)

Course by: Danatec Educational Services

SKU: MADP2025127

Description

Complete the Mentally Active Driving Program to build stronger awareness, hazard recognition, and safer decision-making behind the wheel. This blended, 5-hour course — 3 hours online plus 2 hours of hands-on in-vehicle training — is designed for energy sector drivers, corporate fleet operators, and companies balancing comprehensive training with budget demands.

Online training covers the SAFER™ System, fatigue, complacency, and emergency braking; in-vehicle training includes one-on-one coaching and skid control practice in FSI's own skid vehicle. Completing Online Defensive Driving – Condensed Version is a mandatory prerequisite before the in-vehicle session, which takes place on a gravel track in Calgary, Alberta — participants must supply their own vehicle (an SUV or truck is recommended). Learners receive a certificate of completion and digital badge.

Vehicle requirement: Learners must supply their own vehicle for the practical training component—typically, this will be their company vehicle. Training in the vehicle they drive for work helps make the experience practical and directly applicable to their daily driving. As training takes place on a gravel track, an SUV or truck is recommended.

Course Outline

Part 1 of Training: Online Defensive Driving Course – Condensed 

This mandatory 3-hour prerequisite training explores the components of the SAFER System of defensive driving: Space, Attitude, Foresight, Eyesight, and Responsibility. This program was developed for drivers in Canada by Dr. Randy Flemmer who has over 30 years of driver education and fleet safety experience.  Key topics include: 

  • Driver competency model 
  • SAFER system of defensive driving 
  • Fatigue 
  • Complacency 
  • Wildlife collisions 
  • Most common collisions 
  • Following too close 
  • Backing 
  • Intersections 
  • Advanced driving 
  • Ditch entry and recovery 
  • Vision 
  • Emergency braking 
  • Skid control 
  • Collision avoidance 

This online training must be completed prior to the scheduled in-vehicle training session, or the session will be rescheduled.

Part 2 of Training: Mentally Active Driving Course 

This 2-hour in vehicle -driving program is specially designed to meet the needs of corporations that have employees driving as part of their job description. Most of this training is done in the learner's own vehicle, an SUV or truck is recommended as the track is gravel. In this training, students will practice:

  • Pre and Post-Trip Inspections
  • General Driving Evaluation
  • Commentary Driving
  • Gravel Road Skill Building
  • Braking on gravel
  • Steering on gravel
  • Swerving on gravel
  • Cornering on gravel
  • Skid Control Collision
  • Avoidance Braking (Progressive squeeze and Anti-lock)
  • Backing
  • Slalom Driving
  • Brake and Avoid
Need assistance registering a group of drivers? Give us a call at 403-283-0077, and we’ll be happy to help!
Course Details
Length:
5 hours
Language:
English
Certification:
Yes
Digital Badge:
Yes
Requirements
This course requires email to be filled
This course requires address to be filled