Commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue, long-term health, and highway safety : research needs / The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), author.

Contributor:

Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors in Motor Carrier Safety and Driver Health.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truck drivers--Health and hygiene--United States.

Truck drivers.

Truck driving--Research--United States--Physiological aspects.

Truck driving.

Commercial vehicles--Research--United States--Safety measures.

Commercial vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2016.

Summary:

Introduction -- Part I. Background. The trucking and bus industries -- Consequences of fatigue from insufficient sleep -- Hours-of-service regulations -- Part II. Current research data and methods. Data sources -- Research methodology and principles : assessing causality -- Part III. Current research findings. Fatigue, hours of service, and highway safety -- Fatigue and health and wellness -- Technological countermeasures for and corporate management of fatigue --Part IV. Research directions. Research directions for fatigue and highway safety -- Research directions for studying the impact of fatigue on commercial motor vehicle drivers' health and wellness -- Appendix. Biographical sketches of panel members and staff.

Contents:

Summary

Introduction

The truck and bus industries

Consequences of fatigue from insufficient sleep

Hours-of-service regulations

Current research data and methods: Data sources

Research methodology and principles: assessing causality

Current research findings: Fatigue, hours of service, and highway safety

Fatigue and health and wellness

Technological countermeasures for and corporate management of fatigue

Research directions:

Research directions for fatigue and highway safety

Research directions for studying the impact of fatigue on commercial motor vehicle drivers' health and wellness

Glossary

References

Appendix: Biographical sketches of panel members and staff

Committee on National Statistics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 5, 2016).

ISBN:

9780309392556

0309392551

9780309392532

0309392535

OCLC:

944906452