FATIGUE, SAFETY AND THE TRUCK DRIVER

This book is concerned with the conditions which might give rise to fatigue among truck drivers, and the effects of fatigue on driving safety. Details are given of the social context and physical environment in which the truck driver works, the range of stresses to which typically he might be exposed, and their effects on him in terms of his health, his attitudes to his work and his career. One chapter deals with accidents - the risks truck drivers themselves face, the dangers to other road users of being involved in an accident involving a truck, and the extent to which these accidents can be attributed to fatigue and adverse working conditions. A discussion is presented of the experimental evidence concerning fatigue and driving and the implications that may be drawn from it. Driving from the point of view of the skills involved and their susceptibility to degradation is studied. The physiological reactions of the driver are examined. The few studies that have explored the drivers' experiences of fatigue are discussed. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

  4 Park Square, Milton Park
  Abingdon,   United Kingdom  OX14 4RN
• Authors:
  • McDonald, N
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 229 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Crash causes; Crashes; Drivers; Driving; Environment; Hazards; Health; Jobs; Motor reactions; Motor skills; Occupational safety; Physiological aspects; Physiological fatigue; Physiology; Reaction time; Sociology; Stress (Psychology); Traffic safety; Travelers; Truck drivers; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Driver reaction
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9003: Cause; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 2455: Environment; 2222: Fatigue (human); 2144: Health; 1236: Lorry; 2271: Occupation; 2062: Physiology; 2247: Reaction (human); 9150: Risk; 1755: Road user; 2205: Skill (road user); 2253: Sociology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-85066-207-9
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph, HS-038 746
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 30 1985 12:00AM