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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820348303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-309-39255-1; 0-309-39253-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 613.62
• Soggetti: Truck drivers - Health and hygiene - United States; Truck driving - Research - United States - Physiological aspects; Commercial vehicles - Research - United States - Safety measures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.