The role of fatigue research in setting driving hours regulations.

Author(s)
Haworth, N.
Year
Abstract

The author discusses the research that has been carried out into driver working hours, fatigue and accidents. The use of regulations controlling driving hours is examined and a number of limitations identified. Distinctions are drawn between day-time and night-time driving and between driving in urban areas and remote areas. The effects of rest breaks and of prior activity are considered. The author concludes that driving hours are a measure of impairment but a poor one. Systems for the detection of driver fatigue are considered to be a better alternative. Work being carried out in developing such systems to date is noted. For the covering abstract see C 45915 (IRRD 876074).

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C 45919 (In: C 45915) /83 / IRRD 876078
Source

In: Fatigue and driving : driver impairment, driver fatigue and driving simulation, edited by L.R. Hartley, Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1995, p. 41-47, 16 ref.

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