THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STRATEGY FOR MANAGING FATIGUE IN THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY

There is a concern in Australia about the part played by fatigue in truck crashes. Several Australian states restrict truck driving hours to 12 in any rolling 24 hour period in an attempt to limit fatigue as a causal factor in road crashes involving heavy goods vehicles. One of the Austrian states, Western Australia (WA) does not enforce restrictions on driving hours, Nevertheless, WA is concerned to reduce fatigue in the road transportation industry in order to minimize fatigue related crashes. This paper describes the WA strategy for managing fatigue.

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  Elsevier

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• Authors:
  • Poore, L
  • Hartley, L R
• Conference:
  • Managing Fatigue in Transportation. Proceedings of the 3rd Fatigue in Transportation Conference
  • Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
  • Date: 1998-0-0 to 1998-0-0
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 427-441

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Truck drivers; Trucking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fatigue management
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00759033
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 008043357X
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 12 1999 12:00AM