Advanced Driver Fatigue Research

This report summarizes the findings of the Advanced Driver Fatigue Research project conducted by the Center for Intelligent Systems Research (CISR) of the George Washington University (GWU), and funded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The goal of this project was to develop an unobtrusive drowsy driver detection system for commercial motor vehicles. CISR previously developed an effective drowsiness detection system for automobiles that relied solely on the drivers steering patterns for input. This projects evaluation of this system confirms that this approach is equally valid for truck drivers, despite the differences between truck and automobile driving. The drowsy driver detection system exhibited expected false positive and false negative readings and an ideal warning rate before crashes.

• 
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23
• Corporate Authors:

  George Washington University, Ashburn

  National Crash Analysis Center
  20101 Academic Way
  Ashburn, VA  United States  20147

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Eskandarian, Azim
  • Sayed, R
  • Delaigue, Pierre
  • Mortazavi, Ali
  • Blum, Jeremy
• Publication Date: 2007-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Pagination: 211p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Commercial drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Human factors in crashes; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Trucking safety; Vehicle detectors; Warning systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01138197
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FMCSA-RRR-07-001
• Contract Numbers: DTMC75-03-H-00001
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 12 2009 12:46PM