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

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

Federal regulations allow 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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Library number
B 26597 fo /84 /91 / IRRD 809734
Source

Washington, D.C., Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 1987, 21 p., 6 tab., 20 ref. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine, New Orleans, September 1987.

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