Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety - Research Needs

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.

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• Authors: Board on Human-Systems Integration, Committee On National Statistics, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Panel on Research Methodologies and Stat, Panel on Research Methodologies and Statistical Approaches to Understanding Driver Fatigue Factors in Motor Carrier Safety and Driver Health, Transportation Research Board
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780309392525
• ISBN: 978-0-309-39252-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine