New hours-of-service rules trucking industry reactions and safety outcomes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1966, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Dick, Virginia ^a   Hendrix, James ^b   Knipling, Ronald R ^c  

^a American Transportation Research Institute   (United States)

^b Hendrix Consulting   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

FLEET CRASH RATES; HOURS-OF-SERVICE (HOS) RULES;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

EID: 33947588890     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1966-13     Document Type: Article

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