IMPACT OF LOCAL/SHORT HAUL OPERATIONS ON DRIVER FATIGUE: FOCUS GROUP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Researchers sought to determine if fatigue is an equally important factor in influencing the safety of local/short haul truck operations as it is in influencing the safety of long-haul commercial vehicle operations. Accordingly, researchers conducted focus groups in eight cities, across five states. The purpose of these sessions was to gain an understanding of the general safety concerns related to the local/short haul trucking industry and specifically, if fatigue is a safety-critical issue in local/short haul trucking.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 1998-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: 3 p.
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Serial:
- Tech Brief
- Publisher: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commercial vehicle operations; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Focus groups; Short haul; Truck drivers; Trucking; Trucking safety
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00789197
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-MCRT-99-002
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 30 2000 12:00AM