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Effective Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Management Techniques
Author: Ronald R. Knipling
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 105
ISBN-13: 0309087546
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 1: Effective Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Management Techniques focuses on the problems commercial truck and bus fleet managers confront, and the methods that are available to address problems in the areas of driver and vehicle safety, and more.
Truck Safety
Safety Belt Use in Large Trucks - a Guide to Encourage Safety Belt Use Among Drivers of Heavy Trucks
Development of a Large Truck Safety Data Needs Study Plan. Volume II - Technical Report. Final Report
Large Truck Accident Causation. Final Report
U.S. Department of Transportation Heavy Truck Safety Plan
Design and Operation of Work Zone Strategies to Improve Large Truck Safety
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Published: 2016
Total Pages: 22
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This document summarizes available methods for transportation agencies and road contractors to design and operate work zones to reduce the risk of large truck crashes. Large trucks include vehicles commonly referred to as commercial motor vehicles, semi-tractor trailers, 18-wheelers, or semis as well as single-unit trucks larger than 10,000 lbs gross vehicle weight. The document includes the significance of large truck safety issues, the overrepresentation of large trucks in work zone crashes, ways to design practices to better accommodate large trucks, and ways to help truck driver better negotiate work zones.".--National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse website.
Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2016-09-12
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0309392527
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.
A Synthesis of Safety Implications of Oversize/overweight Commercial Vehicles
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Publisher: AASHTO
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1560514663
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The objective of this report is to identify known relationships between commercial vehicle safety and crash causation factors and to prepare a synthesis of safety implications of oversize/overweight (OS/OW) commercial vehicles. This information can be used to support commercial vehicle enforcement and permitting practices and justify expenditures and investments on size and weight enforcement to enhance safety. In producing this report, insight was gained into the impacts of truck size and weight (TSW) regulations through three case studies. The state of practice in estimating large truck crash rates is complicated because of the many configurations and the wide range of possible weights for any particular configuration. This report highlights four primary findings regarding the contributions of OS/OW to commercial vehicle crashes found by its researchers.
