In May 1997, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) began a research project to design, develop, and evaluate a model truck and bus driver wellness program. This wellness program was developed to provide a resource for addressing truck and bus industry challenges in the area of driver safety, performance, job satisfaction, and indu
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2000-01-01
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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 in
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2000-01-01
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This annual edition of the Large Truck Crash Profile contains descriptive statistics about fatal and non-fatal (injury and property-damage-only) large truck crashes that occurred in 1998. The profile includes only some of the major aspects of truck crashes and some comparable data on passenger vehicle crashes. Additional crash data for trucks, truc
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-12-01
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Speeding reduces a driver's ability to steer safely around curves or objects in the roadway, extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle, and increases the distance a vehicle travels while the driver reacts to a dangerous situation. The danger is heightened when the speeding vehicle is either a large truck or some other vehicle in its vicinity
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-12-01
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The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 mandated a study to explore the potential of the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) registration process as a safety enforcement tool for reducing CMV accidents. The project sought to establish a link between the motor carrier safety information network systems of the U.S. Department of Trans
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-11-01
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Driver fatigue is recognized as a major factor in the safety of long-haul commercial driving. Sleeper berths are often provided on tractors to allow the driver to sleep and rest when not driving. However, the sleeper berth environment and/or the manner in which drivers actually use sleeper berths may effect the quality of their sleep. This tech bri
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-11-01
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In 1996 large trucks composed 8% of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes; however, truck-involved crashes resulted in 12% of the total fatalities. Occupants of large trucks compose only 14% of the fatalities resulting from fatal truck crashes; 86% of the fatalities occur outside the truck, to pedestrians, cyclists, and primarily, the occupants of
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In May, 1997, the National Private Truck Council’s (NPTC) Private Fleet Management Institute (PFMI) began a research program in cooperation with Sue Roberts Health Concepts, Inc., ATA Foundation, Inc., and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to design, develop, and evaluate a model truck and bus driver wellness program. This wel
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-10-01
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This analysis brief explores differences and similarities among the national crash experience of combination-unit trucks (CUTs), single-unit trucks (SUTs), and "all vehicles" (principally cars and light truck/vans). These CUT vs. SUT vs. all vehicle comparisons are derived from a more comprehensive analysis of the 1989-93 U.S. crash experience of d
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) began the Federal Waiver Study Program in 1992. The Vision Waiver Program began in July 1992, when 2,686 drivers were accepted into the program. The Diabetes Waiver Program began in mid-1993 when 139 waivers were issued. The goal of the Federal Waiver Study Program was to determine the associated risk, base
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States exercise primary responsibility for setting truck length and weight limits within their borders, as long as they are consistent with Federal regulations. For crash purposes, there-fore, there is no nationally uniform definition of a longer combination vehicle (LCV). The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA) required States to
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Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver inattention, particularly that due to fatigue, is widely recognized as an important safety issue in the transportation industry. This tech brief summarizes an Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety study to investigate the potential of an eye tracking system for detecting reduced driver alertness, and to de
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-07-01
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The Peer Exchange is a process adopted by the Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety in which teams of professionals, representing state and federal government and private industry, identify effective commercial motor vehicle safety findings for implementation by other jurisdictions throughout North America. The peer exchange process has proven
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The Share the Road Research Study Final Report reviews and documents the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety Share the Road program called the No-Zone Campaign. The No-Zone is a highway safety term used to describe danger areas around commercial motor vehicles where crashes are most likely to occur. The purpo
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The Share the Road Campaign Research Study Final Report documents the independent study and review of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety's (OMCHS), Share the Road program called the No-Zone Campaign. The report provides an analysis of the scope of similar problems, identifies gaps, establishes a cl
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The main purpose of Phase I of this project was to develop a methodology for predicting consequences of hazardous material (HM) crashes, such as injuries and property damage. An initial step in developing a risk assessment is to reliably estimate the number of crashes and incidents for a defined period of time. The report documented a process to ev
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The principal purpose of this study was to provide the Federal Highway Administration with measures to evaluate and assess if the Commercial Driver's License (CDL) program has been effective in (1) addressing problems that led to the enactment of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 and (2) reducing the incidence of commercial motor vehi
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1999-04-01
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Large trucks are involved in close to 400,000 police-reported crashes each year, of which 4,500 involve a fatality. About 60% of fatal truck crashes involve one large truck colliding with a single passenger vehicle. Prevention of these crashes requires understanding how and why these crashes occur to develop effective countermeasures. The analysis
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Deregulation of the motor carrier industry combined with a period of sustained economic growth has resulted in sizeable increases in the number of new motor carriers entering interstate operation. Discussions with key stakeholders in the motor carrier safety environment and previous academic studies have suggested that the safety performance and re
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