Its time we stop dancing around the facts of why these terrible incidents occur. Nearly every trucker I know will explain to dispatch that they are too tired to pull a load that they have just been given. We all know that manydispatcherswill whine an
Causes And Guidelines For Truck Driver Fatigue An expected 13 percent of truck mischances include a trucker who was excessively exhausted, making it impossible to drive securely. Exhaustion can bring about deferred response times, an absence of atten
Driver fatiguehas been always an issue disturbing the transportation government departments as well as many commercial fleets. It is a potentially fatal risk that need to be taken seriously. However, still there are some fleet managers do not realize
Drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes a year, resulting in 40,000 injuries and 1,550 deaths. As tragic as these numbers are, they only tell a portion of the story. It is widely recognized that drowsy driving is underreported as a
When you are behind the wheel of a car, being sleepy is dangerous. Although most people know how dangerous drinking and driving is, they may not fully realize that drowsy driving can be just as fatal as driving drunk. Like drugs or alcohol,
According to the National Sleep Foundations 2013Sleep in Americapoll, 60% of adult drivers about 168 million people say they have driven a vehicle while feeling drowsy in the past year, and more than one-third, (37% or 103 million people),
