The Large Vehicle Urban Driving Safety Program ensures, using a short training video and training requirements, that people who drive large vehicles in the city have been informed about the dangers and challenges of driving on the crowded streets of San Francisco near people walking and biking.
The training video is on YouTube and is free to anyone who would like to view it and use it with their drivers. The training video is required of all large vehicle drivers who work for the city. Contractors with the SFMTA is required to have any of their large vehicle drivers who drive in San Francisco either view the training video, or be trained in a manner that meets the training standards posted on this page.
City Contractors:
Each of your large vehicle drivers must watch the above video or you must be able to certify that your current training program adequately covers 100% of the item in Large Vehicle Urban Driving Safety Program - Training Standards.
"Large vehicle" is defined as any single vehicle or combination of vehicle and trailer with an unladen weight of 10,000 lbs or more, or a van designed to carry 10 or more people.
