Sleeper berth use as a risk factor for tractor-trailer driver fatality.

Author(s)
Hertz, R.P.
Year
Abstract

Federal Regulation Allows Truck Drivers to use sleeper berths to accumulate eight hours of off-duty rest in two separate periods. Because sleep disruption may cause fatigue and deterioration of performance, a study was conducted to evaluate the association between sleeper berth use in two periods and tractor-trailer driver fatality.

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Publication

Library number
B 26264 (In: B 26251) [electronic version only] /84 /91 / IRRD 809734
Source

In: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28-30, 1987, p. 215-228, 6 tab., 20 ref.

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