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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"commercial motor vehicles"”.
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Analysis of an Intervention to Reduce Truck Drivers' Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration
… high prevalence of low back pain in drivers of commercial motor vehicles is well-documented. A number of interventions to reduce low back pain in commercial motor vehicle operators have focused on reducing exposures to wholebody vibration (WBV). Objective. An intervention to be evaluated for the …
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Crash Risk and Mobile Device Use Based on Fatigue and Drowsiness Factors in Truck Drivers
… through time of day and amount of sleep, for commercial motor vehicle drivers. A re-analysis of naturalistic driving data was used to obtain information about the factors, MDU, safety-critical events (SCE), and normal driving epochs. Odds ratios were used to calculate SCE risk for 6 mobile …
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Role of Driver Hearing in Commercial Motor Vehicle Operation: An Evaluation of the FHWA Hearing Requirement
… currently requires that all persons seeking a commercial driver's license for interstate commerce possess a certain minimal level of hearing. After an extensive literature review on topics related to hearing and driving, a human factors engineering approach was used to evaluate the …
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Assessment of Drowsy-Related Critical Incidents and the 2004 Revised Hours-of-Service Regulations
… killed due to a traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), up from 4,793 people killed in 2001 (Traffic Safety Facts, 2004; Traffic Safety Facts, 2001). Driver drowsiness is an important issue to consider when discussing CMVs. According to the FMCSA, over 750 people are …
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Utah Commercial Motor Vehicle Weigh-in-Motion Data Analysis and Calibration Methodology
… research team to conduct an evaluation of their commercial motor vehicle (CMV) data collection system statewide. The objective of this research was to evaluate the CMV data collection program in the state of Utah and to make limited recommendations for potential improvements and changes that will …