Effects of cargo loading and unloading on truck driver alertness

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1686, 1999, Pages 42-48

  O'Neill, Timothy R ^a   Krueger, Gerald P ^a   Van Hemel, Susan B ^a   McGowan, Adam L ^a   Rogers, William C ^b  

^a Star Mountain Inc   (United States)

^b Trucking Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CARGO HANDLING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; LOADING; PALLETS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

TRUCK DRIVER ALERTNESS;

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0033347448     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1686-07     Document Type: Article

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