Abstract In the United States, approximately 4000 fatalities due to truck and bus crashes
occur each year. Of these, up to 20% are estimated to involve fatigued drivers [48]. However …

In September 2008 new regulations for managing heavy vehicle driver fatigue entered into
force in Australia. According to the new regulations there is a chain of responsibility ranging …

Driver fatigue is the cause of many truck crashes taking place today. In order to provide
safety to the truck driver, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has …

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the trucking industry, highway
safety advocates, and transportation researchers have all identified driver drowsiness as a …

Fatigue causes decrements in vigilant attention and reaction time and is a major safety
hazard in the trucking industry. There is a need to quantify the relationship between driver …

Background Crashes involving large trucks constitute a significant risk to the driving public
and an occupational risk to truck drivers. In 2005, some 442,000 large trucks (weighing over …

Operator fatigue and sleep deprivation have been widely recognized as critical safety issues
that cut across all modes in the transportation industry. FMCSA, the trucking industry …

Truckdriver fatigue is a major factor in driving accidents. The National Transportation Safety
Board found fatigue to be the most frequently cited probable cause (31%) of fatal-to-the …

Methods for investigating driver fatigue are not standardised, and estimates of the proportion
of truck crashes involving fatigue vary widely. For 13 months, an anonymous questionnaire …

This report summarizes the findings of the Advanced Driver Fatigue Research project
conducted by the Center for Intelligent Systems Research (CISR) of the George Washington …