Work schedules of long-distance truck drivers before and after 2004 hours-of-service rule change

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-210

  McCartt, Anne T ^a   Hellinga, Laurie A ^a   Solomon, Mark G ^b  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hours of Service; Large Trucks; Trucking; Violations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 45849132692     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802040287     Document Type: Article

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