SAFETY AND REGULATIONS RESTRICTING THE HOURS OF DRIVING OF GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS

The enhancement of safety is an explicit reason for regulations restricting hours of driving and work of heavy goods vehicle drivers; however the effectiveness of such regulations has been questioned. In some cases the regulations cannot be effective because they are neither enforced nor adhered to. Recent evidence suggests that both long hours of work and driving at night may be associated with an increased risk of accident; and a small part of recent improvements in the heavy goods vehicle accident rate may be due to regulations governing, amongst other things, drivers' hours. However, some drivers may be increasingly at risk because of high mileages and driving at night.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at International Conference on Road Safety, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, UWIST, Cardiff, UK, 7-11 September 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

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  Abingdon,   United Kingdom  OX14 4RN
• Authors:
  • McDonald, N
• Publication Date: 1981-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 475-485
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Hazards; Hours of labor; Measures of effectiveness; Night; Regulations; Risk assessment; Truck drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349878
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-032 352
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM