DRIVER ALERTNESS AND FATIGUE: SUMMARY OF COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS, 1995-98
This document describes projects in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Driver Alertness and Fatigue Research and Technology (R&T) focus area that were completed during the years 1995 to 1998 under the former Office of Motor Carriers (OMC) in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The projects covered in this tech brief include: Driver Fatigue and Alertness Study, Fitness-for-Duty Testing, CMV Rest Areas - Making Space for Safety, Multi-Trailer Combination Vehicle Stress and Fatigue, Validation of Eye and Other Psychophysiological Monitors, Local/Short Haul Driver Fatigue Crash Data Analysis, Shipper Involvement in HOS Violations, and Assessment of Electronic On-Board Recorders for HOS Compliance. In addition, 3 conferences dealing with driver fatigue are described.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Office of Research and Technology, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 2000-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: 4 p.
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Serial:
- Tech Brief
- Publisher: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alertness; Analysis; Commercial vehicles; Conferences; Crash data; Drivers; Electronic equipment; Eye; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Hours of labor; Monitoring; Physical fitness; Psychological tests; Recording instruments; Research projects; Roadside rest areas; Short haul; Truck drivers; Validation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00789182
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FMCSA-MCRT-00-006
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 29 2000 12:00AM