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Teaching Aids

Truck Smart Resources

Truck Smart Resources

As you know, one bad decision on the road can make the difference between life and death. We truly appreciate the work you do with Driver’s Ed, as helping others understand truck safety is the first step to preventing crashes and saving lives.

The following teaching aids, tools and videos are available for free. Please use them to educate Utahns about safe driving behaviors around semi trucks. For questions or concerns, contact us using the form below, and remember to drive Truck Smart.

Partner Social Media Toolkit

Help us spread safety awareness across social channels. Download our complete graphics, templates, and caption copy assets.

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Core Educational Curricula

Interactive or Printable

How Truck Smart Are You?

Test safety knowledge in class or at home. Includes our 20-question online interactive quiz with score reports and a printable workbook counterpart.

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Take Online Course & Quiz Download PDF Quiz

Teacher Material

Driver Ed Lesson Plan

The official instructor curriculum manual containing module lesson plans, diagrams, structured timelines, and educational resources.

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Download Lesson Plan (PDF)

Student Material

Student Workbook

Interactive homework workbook containing fillable diagrams, questions, and matching exercises designed for student completion.

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Download Student Workbook (PDF)

Safety Reference Sheets

Download individual topic fact sheets covering the most critical road safety fundamentals when sharing the highway with semi-trucks.

Topic 1

Know The No-Zones

Semi-trucks have massive blind spots on all four sides. Learn how to stay visible to commercial truck drivers.

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Topic 2

Don’t Cut Off A Truck

Cutting off a semi removes safe braking space. Learn correct merging, passing, and highway lane selection rules.

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Topic 3

Stopping Distance

Fully loaded semi-trucks traveling at 65 mph require over 525 feet (the length of 1.5 football fields) to stop.

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Topic 4

Trucks Make Wide Turns

Semi-trucks swing wide to execute turns. Squeezing into their turn path or crowding lanes causes squeeze crashes.

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Educational Video Library

Stream our full series of student-centered instructional modules and quick-tip highway demonstrations.

1No-Zones & Blind Spots

Module 1: 'No-Zones' (Blind Spots)

Never Tailgate or Draft

Stay Out of Blind Spots

2Passing & Merging Safely

Module 2: Passing Trucks Safely

Merging Safely with Semis

Passing a Semi Safely

3Stopping Distance Limits

Module 3: Stopping Distance Limits

4Wide Turning Mechanics

Module 4: Trucks Make Wide Turns

Never Crowd an Intersection

Never Pass a Turning Truck