EFFORTS TO REDUCE TRUCK AND BUS OPERATOR HAZARDS

Pressures from government legislation (OSHA), organized labor, government regulatory bodies, and litigation are forcing designers to consider more carefully the driver's exposure to hazards. Noise, vibration, heat, carbon monoxide, and fatigue are the performance stressors discussed. Safety considerations, such as visibility, workspace comfort, entry-exit, and crash worthiness, are also presented from the prespective of what standards, practices, or information are available or required for truck and bus cab interior design.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Miller, J M
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 533-550
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Cabs (Vehicle compartments); Carbon monoxide; Crashworthiness; Driver training; Drivers; Driving simulators; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Hazards; Health; Heat; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Laws; Legislation; Noise; Truck drivers; Trucks; Vehicle design; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Motor bus drivers; Occupational hazards
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156383
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1981 12:00AM