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

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

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.