Driver fatigue among military truck drivers

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 195-209

  Oron Gilad, Tal ^a   Shinar, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Driver fatigue; Fatigue countermeasures; Hours of service rules; Night driving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042784678     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(01)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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