SLEEP DEPRIVATION COUNTERMEASURES FOR MOTORIST SAFETY

This synthesis report will be of interest to highway and other transportation safety specialists and researchers. It describes the current state of the practice for countermeasures to reduce drowsy driving and the crashes that result from drowsy driving. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search to gather additional information. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on sleep deprivation countermeasures for motorist safety. These countermeasures are presented within five distinct categories: public education and awareness, new technologies, and roadway, environmental, and regulatory and judicial countermeasures. In addition, three examples of noteworthy state department of transportation countermeasure programs are provided.

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• Authors:
  • Stutts, J C
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 98 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 287
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Awareness; Countermeasures; Education; Highway design; Highway safety; Literature reviews; Regulations; Roadside rest areas; Sanctions; Sleep deprivation; State of the art reports; Surveys; Technological innovations
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796938
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309068681
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-5 FY 1998, Topic 30-06, HS-043 170
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 15 2001 12:00AM