Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies

Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies
Author: Eamonn McPolin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2009
Genre: Motor vehicle driving
ISBN: 9781906578312

Covers the GCSE specification as well as the theory section of the GCSE in Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies Unit 1 Motor Vehicle & Road User Theory.

Public Roads

Public Roads
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 670
Release: 1956
Genre: Highway engineering
ISBN:

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

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309392527

There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.