Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309392527

There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.

Motor-truck transportation

Motor-truck transportation
Author: United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1936
Genre: Transportation, Automotive
ISBN:

Motor Truck Transportation

Motor Truck Transportation
Author: Frederick Van Zandt Lane
Publisher: New York : Van Nostrand
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1921
Genre: Trucks
ISBN:

Rules of the Road

Rules of the Road
Author: Henry Seaton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2016-10-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692782019

Written primarily for the owners and managers of trucking companies and freight brokers, Rules of the Road addresses best practices in contracting and day-to-day business relationships in order to steer clear of potentially catastrophic legal pitfalls. The book helps managers avoid serious problems with freight and owner-operator contracts, insurance policies, factoring agreements, freight charge collections, cargo claims and customer bankruptcies. In addition, Rules of the Road addresses special legal issues involving intermodal drayage, warehousing and refrigerated transportation. In addition to the primary text, the book includes useful supplementary resources such as the Standard Truckload Bill of Lading; simple carrier-shipper and carrier-broker contracts; an outline of items to include in carrier service terms and conditions; a comprehensive list of statutory and regulatory citations; and an extensive glossary of terms.