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Tired truckers, wake up! : experts debate the role of fatigue in truck crashes

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24510‎$a‎Tired truckers, wake up!‎$b‎: experts debate the role of fatigue in truck crashes‎$c‎by Sandy Graham
520  ‎$a‎Experts hotly debate how big a role fatigue plays in truck crashes. The cause of a collision can be though to pinpoint - especially if drivers fear their livelihood is at stake if they admit they nodded off. A 1990 NTSB study found that 31 percent of heavy truck crashes in which the driver died involved fatigue. A 1995 NTSB report concluded fatigue was a factor in 58 percent of the 100 single-truck, nonfatal collissions studied. The U. S. Department of Transportation limits truckers to 10 hours of driving followed by eight hours of duty for a maximum of 70 hours in eight days. But many experts criticize the regulations as antiques. Many date from the 1930s when there where no superhighways and computerized trucks
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7400 ‎$a‎Safety & health
7730 ‎$t‎Safety & health‎$d‎Itasca‎$g‎Vol. 153, nº 2, February 1996 ; p. 62-65